List of castles in England


This list of castles in England is not a list of every building and site that has "castle" as part of its name, nor does it list only buildings that conform to a strict definition of a castle as a medieval fortified residence. It is not a list of every castle ever built in England, many of which have vanished without trace, but is primarily a list of buildings and remains that have survived. In almost every case the buildings that survive are either ruined, or have been altered over the centuries. For several reasons, whether a given site is that of a medieval castle has not been taken to be a sufficient criterion for determining whether or not that site should be included in the list.
Castles that have vanished or whose remains are barely visible are not listed, except for some important or well-known buildings and sites. Fortifications from before the medieval period are not listed, nor are architectural follies. In other respects it is difficult to identify clear and consistent boundaries between two sets of buildings, comprising those that indisputably belong in a list of castles and those that do not. The criteria adopted for inclusion in the list include such factors as: how much survives from the medieval period; how strongly fortified the building was; how castle-like the surviving building is; whether the building has been given the title of "castle"; how certain it is that a medieval castle stood on the site, or that the surviving remains are those of a medieval castle; how well-known or interesting the building is; and whether including or excluding a building helps make the list, in some measure, more consistent.
In order to establish a list that is as far as possible comprehensive as well as consistent, it is necessary to establish its boundaries. Before the list itself, a discussion of its scope includes lengthy lists of buildings excluded from the main lists for various reasons. The Castellarium Anglicanum, an authoritative index of castles in England and Wales published in 1983, lists over 1,500 castle sites in England. Many of these castles have vanished or left almost no trace. The present list includes more than 800 medieval castles of which there are visible remains, with over 300 having substantial surviving stone or brick remains.

History

A castle is a type of fortified structure, developed in Europe during the Middle Ages. The first castles appeared in France in the 10th century, and in England during the 11th century. A few castles are known to have been built in England before the Normans invaded in 1066; a great many were built in the years following, the principal mechanism by means of which the Normans were able to consolidate their control over the country. Whilst a few important castles, such as the White Tower in the Tower of London, were built of stone, most early castles were motte-and-bailey castles of earthwork and timber, which could be constructed quickly. Some were later rebuilt in stone, but there are a great many castle sites in England where all that is visible today are traces of earthworks.
Castles continued to be built in England for several hundred years, reaching a peak of military sophistication in the late 13th century. The two principal elements in their construction were the great tower or keep, such as the White Tower, and the fortified enclosure, such as is provided by the outer wall of the Tower of London. During the 14th century, largely as a result of the decline of feudalism, the construction of strong castles began to decline, in favour of more lightly fortified structures often described as fortified manor houses. In the far north of England, where conditions remained unsettled, fortified buildings continued to be built as late as the 16th century, not only by the rich and powerful but by any with adequate means, as defence not against great armies, but against the notorious Border Reivers. Many took the form of the pele tower, a smaller, more modest version of the castle keep, and many of these still survive, often incorporated in later buildings.
, Cornwall: a 16th-century Henrician Castle
Castles differed from earlier fortifications in that they were generally private fortified residences. Typically, a castle was the residence of a feudal lord, providing the owner with a secure base from which to control his lands, and also a symbol of wealth and power. Earlier fortified structures, such as the Saxon burh or the Iron Age hill fort, provided public or communal defences, as did medieval town or city walls. The many Roman forts of which ruins survive in Britain differed in being wholly military in nature - they were camps or strongholds of the Roman army. The Romans also built town or city walls in England, which can still be seen, for instance at Silchester.
By the 16th century the role of fortifications had changed once more with the development of artillery capable of breaching even thick stone walls. In the reign of Henry VIII, fears of invasion led to the building of a series of new fortresses along the south coast of England, known as the Device Forts or Henrician Castles. These were designed to use and to defend against artillery, and since they were not private residences, but national fortifications, they do not possess what architectural historians have come to see as the defining characteristics of a castle. Nonetheless they are visibly castle-like, being compact, with battlemented walls, squat turrets and sometimes a keep; and they were the last generation of fortresses in England to be known as castles, long before architectural historians began to argue that they should not be. One of them, Pendennis Castle, was one of the last Royalist strongholds to fall to the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War—starvation forcing surrender after a siege of five months.
, East Sussex
As the role of the castle as fortress declined in the later medieval period, its role as a residence increasingly became the more important. Castles such as Herstmonceux were built with fortifications seemingly designed more for show than for strength, implying a further evolution in the role and concept of the castle, becoming less a means of enforcing power but instead a symbol of its possession, a castle becoming a grand residence proclaiming the status of its owner. Once fortifications had become altogether redundant, it became increasingly rare in England for new buildings to be described as castles, in contrast to France, where country houses continued to be known as châteaux.
Once no longer needed as fortresses, castles — if they were not abandoned — were, over the centuries, adapted and modernised to make them more suitable for continued use as residences: large windows were inserted in defensive walls, as at Lumley; outer walls were demolished or lowered to open up views from within, as at Raby; new residential ranges were built to improve and extend accommodation, as at Windsor. Some castles were restored after falling into ruin, like Bamburgh; others, like Belvoir, were demolished and rebuilt, retaining little or none of the original structure. In the 18th and 19th centuries especially, many castles underwent "improvements" by architects such as Anthony Salvin, and in this period a fashion developed for entirely new houses to be built in the style of castles, and to be known as castles. Amongst these was Peckforton Castle, built by Salvin: a building so authentic in its recreation of a medieval castle that it has been described as possibly the last serious fortified home built in Britain.
, Cheshire, with Beeston Castle in the distance

Scope and exclusions

No list of castles in England is ever likely to be complete, because there will never be complete agreement in every case as to whether the remains of a building are those of a castle, whether a given place is the site of a castle, or whether a surviving building should be considered to be a castle.
Perhaps because the castle has become the most familiar type of fortification, many sites of fortifications earlier than the 10th century have become known as castles. Most of these are Iron Age hill forts. Amongst the best known are Abbotsbury Castle, Barbury Castle, Bratton Castle, Cadbury Castle, Castle Dore, Chûn Castle, Liddington Castle, Maen Castle, Maiden Castle and Uffington Castle, whilst many more appear in the List of hill forts in England. Others, such as Melandra Castle, Reculver Castle, Richborough Castle and Whitley Castle, are Roman forts, whilst Daw's Castle is a Saxon burh. None of these is included in the present list unless it is also the site of a medieval castle, as is the case with, for instance, Portchester Castle, where an imposing castle was built within the surviving walls of the Roman fort.
, Hampshire: Roman walls and medieval keep
Nor are all medieval fortified sites included in the present list. The remains of town and city walls are excluded — most of these appear in the List of town walls in England and Wales. Also excluded are churches with defensive towers, such as Ancroft, Burgh by Sands, Edlingham, Garway, Great Salkeld and Newton Arlosh, as well as other fortified ecclesiastical sites such as Alnwick Abbey, Battle Abbey, Thornton Abbey, Wetheral Priory, Whalley Abbey and St Mary's Abbey, York. Some of the pele towers of Northern England are included, but the more modest fortified buildings known as bastles are not, though the distinction between them is not always altogether clear. Amongst fortified manor houses, those given the title of castle are included, whilst many others were more lightly fortified and are excluded. Amongst these are Baddesley Clinton, Cowdray House, Farnhill Hall, Hipswell Hall, Ightham Mote, Little Wenham Hall, Markenfield Hall and Walburn Hall.
The list includes pele towers that became known as castles, or preserve a castle-like aspect. Many others, or their remains, survive much altered—incorporated in later country houses or farmhouses, and are excluded. Amongst these are: Aske Hall, Biddlestone RC Chapel, Bolling Hall, Bolton Old Hall, Boltongate Rectory, Causey Park House, Clennell Hall, Cliburn Hall, Corbridge Low Hall, Cowmire Hall, Craster Arms, Croglin Old Pele, Denton Hall, Dovenby Hall, Dunstan Hall, East Shaftoe Hall, Godmond Hall, Great Salkeld Rectory, Hardrigg Hall, Hepscott Hall, Hetton Hall, Hollin Hall, Hutton Hall, Irton Hall, Johnby Hall, Killington Hall, Kirkoswald College, Levens Hall, Little Harle Tower, Nether Hall, Netherby Hall, Ormside Hall, Pockerley Pele, Preston Patrick Hall, Randalholme Hall, Rock Hall, Rudchester Hall, Sella Park, Selside Hall, Skelsmergh Hall, Smardale Hall, Thistlewood Farmhouse, Warnell Hall, Weetwood Hall and Witton Tower.
In the post-medieval period, the distinction between true castles and later mock castles is blurred by the extent to which medieval castles were adapted and rebuilt. At Greystoke a new castle was built incorporating a medieval pele tower; at Thurland a new castle was built from the ruins of the old; at Belvoir the old castle was demolished and a new one built. The building of mock castles might be seen as the logical conclusion of a process already apparent in castles such as Herstmonceux or Tattershall, where the castle-like aspect of the building was becoming more for show than for strength.
: not a castle but a country house
Amongst post-medieval buildings in England that are known as castles, a few, such as Peckforton Castle, closely resemble medieval castles. Many others, such as Clearwell Castle, have some castle-like features, and some, like Mereworth Castle, bear no resemblance whatsoever to a castle. The list excludes buildings that neither look like castles, nor incorporate the remains of castles. Amongst these are Bolebroke Castle, Bovey Castle, Bruce Castle, Castle Ashby, Castle Howard, Clifton Castle, Highclere Castle, Mereworth Castle, New Wardour Castle, Sherborne Castle, Wentworth Castle, and Wisbech Castle. Many other buildings with some castle-like features are also excluded. Amongst these are Acton Castle, Allerton Castle, Augill Castle, Avon Castle, Bell's Castle, Bolesworth Castle, Bude Castle, Castle Eden Castle, Castle Goring, Cave Castle, Clearwell Castle, Cliffe Castle, Coates Castle, Creech Castle, Droskyn Castle, Edmond Castle, Enmore Castle, Ewell Castle, Farleigh Castle, Farley Castle, Fillingham Castle, Hatherop Castle, Headingley Castle, Highcliffe Castle, Hilfield Castle, Kenwith Castle, Kirby Knowle Castle, Knepp Castle, Luscombe Castle, Midford Castle, Mulgrave Castle, Otterburn Tower, Pentillie Castle, Reeve Castle, Ryde Castle, St. Clare Castle, Sibdon Castle, Sneaton Castle, Stanhope Castle, Studley Castle, Swinton Castle, The Citadel, Tregenna Castle, Vanbrugh Castle, Wadhurst Castle, Wattisham Castle, Whitehaven Castle, Whitstable Castle, Willersley Castle, and Willsbridge Castle. Amongst those that have been demolished is Steephill Castle.
Artificial ruins and follies, often built as memorials or landscape features, are also excluded. Amongst these are Appley Tower, Black Castle, Bladon Castle, Blaise Castle, Bollitree Castle, Boston Castle, Braylsham Castle, Broadway Tower, Carr Hall Castle, Castlebourne, Clent Castle, Clopton Tower, Dinton Castle, Doyden Castle, Dunstall Castle, Durlston Castle, Fort Putnam, Hadlow Castle, Castle in Hagley Park Lawrence Castle, Long's Park Castle, Mow Cop Castle, Mowbray Castle, Pirton Castle, Radford Castle, Radway Tower, Ragged Castle, Rivington Castle, Rodborough Fort, Ross Castle, Rothley Castle, Roundhay Castle, Sebergham Castle, Severndroog Castle, Shaldon Castle, Sham Castle, Sledmere Castle, Speedwell Castle, Stainborough Castle, Starlight Castle, Stowe Castle, Strattenborough Castle, Sundorne Castle, Toll House and Wyke Castle. Finally, the 16th-century Henrician Castles, whose design was closely inspired by medieval castles, are included, but later military fortifications—with just a few exceptions—are not.
However carefully the criteria for including a building or site on this list are set out, borderline cases are inevitable. Many buildings known to incorporate northern pele towers in their fabric, but are no longer castle-like—such as the Red Lion Tower in Haltwhistle—have been excluded. On the other hand, Corby Castle, in which a pele tower survives wholly encased in a later building, is included because it is known as a castle, and by implication continued to fulfil the role of one, at least in part. Kimbolton Castle is included as the site of a medieval castle, and because the present mansion has a castellated aspect in deference to the medieval castle it replaced.

Key

Bedfordshire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
Bedford Castle was demolished after a well-documented eight-week siege by Henry III, with around 2000 men, in 1224.
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Someries CastleFortified manor houseFragmentary remainsBrick, unfinished, ruined gatehouse and chapel survive.

Berkshire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Donnington CastleCastleFragmentBuilt by Richard Abberbury the Elder, destroyed during the English Civil War, gatehouse survives.
Windsor CastleKeep and baileyIntactRoyal palaceRestored and extended by James Wyatt and Jeffry Wyattville, 1800–30.

Bristol

Castles of which only vestiges remain include:

Buckinghamshire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Boarstall TowerFortified manor houseFragmentMoated site, gatehouse survives, altered in the 16–17th centuries, converted to house 20th century.

Cambridgeshire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Buckden PalaceFortified manor houseFragmentClaretian conference centreRenamed Buckden Towers, partly demolished and remnants incorporated with a 19th-century house.
Elton HallFortified manor houseFragmentGatehouse survives, incorporated in building of 1662–1689, remodelled and extended in the 18–19th centuries.
Kimbolton CastleCastellated houseIntactSchoolSite of medieval castle, rebuilt and later remodelled by Sir John Vanbrugh 1707–10.
Kirtling TowerFortified manor houseFragmentNGS16th-century gatehouse on supposed site of moated Saxon castle.
Longthorpe TowerTower houseIntactElaborate scheme of domestic medieval wall paintings.
Northborough CastleFortified manor houseFragmentPrivateGatehouse and hall survive, with 16/17th-century alterations.
Woodcroft CastleQuadrangular castleHabitable fragmentPrivateWest range of original building survives, with alterations.

Cheshire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Beeston CastleEnclosure castleRuinsSited on crag high above Cheshire Plain, 19th-century outer gatehouse.
Chester CastleKeep and baileyFragmentAgricola tower sole feature of medieval castle to survive an 18th-century fire.
Cholmondeley CastleNeo-romantic castleIntact
Marquess of Cholmondeley
Transformed into castle by Smirke, 1817–19.
Doddington CastleTower houseSubstantially intactPrivateAlso known as Delves Hall. Building At Risk.
Halton CastleCastleFragmentary remains
Duchy of Lancaster
Commanding position, 13th-century tower, 18th-century courthouse, folly of c. 1800.
Peckforton CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactHotelBy Anthony Salvin, possibly the last serious fortified home built in Britain.

County Durham

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Auckland CastleKeep and baileyRebuilt
Church of England
Mostly 16th-century, fragments remain of medieval castle, residence of the Bishop of Durham.
Barnard CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Bowes CastleKeepFragmentary remainsRuins of keep survive.
Brancepeth CastleKeep and baileyReconstructedPrivateSubstantial medieval portions, including 5 towers incorporated in 19th-century rebuilding.
Durham CastleKeep and baileyRebuiltUniversity College, DurhamMuch altered during continuous occupation since c. 1072.
Lambton CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactWedding venue / Earl of DurhamLater additions demolished following subsidence.
Lumley CastleQuadrangular castleIntactHotel / Earl of ScarbroughAltered c. 1580 and 1721.
Mortham TowerFortified manor houseIntactPrivate15th-century tower, formerly in Yorkshire.
Raby CastleCastleIntact
Lord Barnard
Altered in the 18–19th centuries.
Raby Old LodgeTower houseRestoredHoliday accommodationProbably built as a hunting lodge for the Neville family of Raby Castle.
Scargill CastleTower houseFragmentPrivate, farmAmongst farm buildings.
Walworth CastleSham castleRestoredHotelSouth-west tower and adjoining wall possibly medieval.
Witton CastleCastleRestoredCaravan siteExtended in 1790–95. Used as a leisure centre for a caravan site.

Cornwall

Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Caerhays CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactBuilt in 1808 by John Nash.
Carn Brea CastleSham castleIntactRestaurantPossible medieval hunting lodge rebuilt in the 18–19th centuries.
Ince CastleSemi-fortified houseIntactNGSHouse may have been held against the Roundheads in 1646.
Launceston CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Pendennis CastleArtillery fortIntactWithstood 5-month siege in 1646.
Pengersick CastleFortified manor houseFragment4-storey tower remains, with later building.
Place House, FoweyTower houseRebuiltPrivateOriginal tower house defended against the French in 1475, subsequently strengthened, later rebuilt.
Restormel CastleShell keepRuins
St Catherine's CastleArtillery fortRuinsAt mouth of River Fowey.
St. Mawes CastleArtillery fortIntactPosition not defensible from land attack.
St. Michael's MountFortified siteSubstantially intactCastle and priory church comprise single building.
Tintagel CastleTwin baileyFragmentary remains
Trematon CastleShell keepRuinsDuchy of Cornwall

Cumbria

Castles of which only earthworks, vestiges or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Appleby CastleKeep and baileyRestoredPrivateRestored in the 17th century by Lady Anne Clifford.
Armathwaite CastleTower houseIntactPrivateIncorporated in later buildings.
Arnside TowerTower houseRuinsPrivateFreestanding tower house.
Askerton CastleCastleRestoredPrivate, farmAltered by Anthony Salvin.
Beetham HallFortified manor housePartly ruinedPrivate
Bewcastle CastleCourtyard castleFragmentary ruinsSited within Roman fort.
Bewley CastleFortified manor houseFragmentary ruinsPrivateOnce a residence of the Bishops of Carlisle.
Blencow HallFortified houseIntactHoliday accommodationAltered in 1590.
Brackenburgh Old TowerPele towerSubstantially intactPrivateAdjoining large 19th-century house.
Brackenhill TowerTower houseIntactHoliday accommodationRestored 21st century.
Branthwaite HallPele towerIntactPrivate17th-century additions.
Brough CastleKeep and baileyRuinsRestored in 1659–62 by Lady Anne Clifford.
Brougham CastleKeep and baileyRuinsConverted into country house in 17th century by Lady Anne Clifford.
Brougham HallFortified manor houseRuinsCrafts centreRuins of 19th-century house incorporating remains of earlier building.
Broughton TowerPele towerIntactSchoolIncorporated in later building.
Burneside HallTower houseRuinsPrivate
Carlisle CastleKeep and baileySubstantially intactConverted to barracks 19th century.
Catterlen HallTower houseIntactPrivateLater additions.
Clifton HallPele towerSubstantially intactUsed as a farm building until 1973.
Cockermouth CastleEnclosure castlePartly restoredPrivate19th-century additions.
Corby CastleTower houseRebuiltPrivateConcealed within a Georgian Mansion House.
Dacre CastleTower houseRestoredPrivateRestored in the 17th and 19th centuries.
Dalston HallFortified houseIntactHotelLater additions.
Dalton CastlePele towerRestoredRemodelled c. 1704 and 1856.
Drawdykes CastleTower houseIntactPrivate, farmOriginal tower with early Classical Revival facade.
Drumburgh CastleTower houseHabitablePrivateConverted into farmhouse.
Egremont CastleCastleRuins
Gleaston CastleEnclosure castleFragmentary remainsPrivateAbandoned late 15th century.
Greystoke CastleCastleRebuiltWedding venueRebuilt incorporating parts of 14th-century building, remodelled in 1840 by Anthony Salvin.
Harbybrow TowerPele towerRuinPrivateAdjoining 19th-century farmhouse.
Hayton CastleTower houseSubstantially intactPrivateCastle converted to house.
Hazelslack TowerPele towerRuinsPrivateNear Arnside.
Howgill CastleTower houseSubstantially intactPrivateAltered and remodelled in the 17–18th century.
Hutton-in-the-ForestPele towerIntactLarge country-house extensions.
Hutton JohnPele towerIntactLater alterations and additions.
Ingmire HallPele towerRebuiltPrivate apartmentsIncorporated in large, mostly 19th-century mansion.
Isel HallTower houseIntactLater additions.
Kendal CastleRingworkFragmentary remains
Kentmere HallPele towerIntactPrivate
Kirkandrews TowerPele towerIntactPrivate
Linstock CastleTower houseSubstantially intactPrivateAltered and remodelled in the 17–20th century.
Lowther CastleNeo-romantic castleRuinsShell of a 19th-century castle by Smirke, on site of medieval hall.
Middleton HallFortified manor houseHabitablePrivateAltered and extended in the 15–19th centuries.
Millom CastleCastleRuins16–17th-century farmhouse built into ruins.
Muncaster CastleTower houseRestoredRemodelled by Anthony Salvin, home of Tom Fool, 16th-century jester.
Naworth CastleKeep and baileyRestoredWedding venue
Earl of Carlisle
Altered and restored in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Newbiggin HallFortified houseIntactPrivateRemodelled by Anthony Salvin.
Pendragon CastleTower houseFragmentary remains
Penrith CastleCastleFragmentary remains
Piel CastleCastleRuinsAlso known as Fouldrey Castle.
Prior's Tower, CarlislePele towerIntactChurch of EnglandPart of the Deanery, alongside later buildings.
Rose CastleQuadrangular CastleRestoredChurch of EnglandConverted to private house 17th century, residence of the Bishop of Carlisle until 2011.
Scaleby CastleTower housePartly ruinedPrivateIncorporated with later house.
Sizergh CastleTower houseRestoredAltered in the 18–20th centuries.
Toppin CastleSham castleIntactPrivateImitation tower house.
Ubarrow HallPele towerSubstantially intactPrivateAlongside later building, reduced in height.
Wharton HallFortified manor housePartly restoredPrivate
Whitehall, MealsgateTower houseSubstantially intactHoliday accommodationAlterations by Anthony Salvin.
Workington HallTower houseRuinsLocal authorityInhabited until 1929, requisitioned by the army in the Second World War and since allowed to fall into ruin. Also known as Curwen Hall.
Wray CastleNeo-romantic castleIntact
Wraysholme TowerTower houseSubstantially intactPrivate, farmUsed as barn and cow-house, adjoining a 19th-century house.
Yanwath HallPele towerIntactPrivateAdjoining later building.

Derbyshire

Castles of which only earthworks, vestiges or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Bolsover CastleCastleRebuiltCastle rebuilt as a 17th-century mansion.
Codnor CastleCastleFragmentary remains
Elvaston CastleCastellated houseDerelictDerbyshire County CouncilBuilt in 1633, remodelled by James Wyatt in 19th century, now within country park. Building At Risk.
Haddon HallFortified manor houseIntactAltered in the 16–17th centuries, restored in the 1920s.
Mackworth CastleFortified manor houseFragmentPrivateRuined gatehouse adjoining farm.
Peveril CastleKeep and baileyRuinsCommanding position above ravine.
Riber CastleSham castleRuinsPrivateSchool 1892–1930.
Wingfield ManorFortified manor houseRuinsAbandoned in the 18th century.

Devon

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Affeton CastleFortified manor houseFragmentPrivateGatehouse of house sacked during English Civil War, with 19th-century alterations.
Berry Pomeroy CastleEnclosure castleRuinsVery late castle, designed to defend against artillery.
Bickleigh CastleFortified manor houseRestoredWedding venueIncorporated in later buildings.
Compton CastleFortified manor houseRestoredUsed as farm after 1750, restored 20th century.
Dartmouth CastleCastleRestoredConverted to artillery castle 1509–47.
Castle DrogoNeo-romantic castleIntactBy Edwin Lutyens.
Gidleigh CastleKeepRuins
Hemyock CastleEnclosure castleFragmentary remainsPrivate
Kingswear CastleArtillery fortIntactLandmark Trust
Lydford CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Marisco CastleKeep and baileyRestoredRestored in 1643.
Okehampton CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary remains
Plympton CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remains
Powderham CastleFortified manor houseRestored
Earl of Devon
Remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Rougemont Castle CastleFragmentsWedding venueMedieval fragments survive with later buildings.
Salcombe CastleArtillery fortRuinsRefortified in 1643–45.
Tiverton CastleQuadrangular castlePartly habitable16th-century house built within the castle.
Totnes CastleShell keepRuinsWell-preserved keep on high motte.
Watermouth CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactTheme park

Dorset

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Brownsea CastleCastellated houseIntactIncorporates part of a 16th-century Henrician Castle.
Christchurch CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsHall house known as Constable's House survives, with rare Norman chimney.
Corfe CastleKeep and baileyExtensive ruinsBesieged and slighted during the English Civil War.
Lulworth CastleSham castleRestoredHunting lodge, gutted by fire 1929.
Pennsylvania CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactPrivateOn the Isle of Portland, built for John Penn to designs by James Wyatt.
Portland CastleArtillery fortIntactPrivate residence 1816–70.
Rufus CastleCastleRuinsPrivateAlso known as Bow and Arrow Castle.
Sandsfoot CastleArtillery fort16th centuryRuins
Sherborne Old CastleKeep and baileyRuinsReplaced by 16–17th century house, which became known as Sherborne Castle.
Woodsford CastleFortified manor houseHabitableLandmark Trust

East Riding of Yorkshire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Paull Holme TowerTower HouseRuinsPrivateOriginally part of larger house, roofless.
Skipsea CastleMotte and BaileyEarthworksWell-preserved earthworks.
Wressle CastleQuadrangular castleRuinsPrivate, farmSouth range remains, inhabited until gutted by fire in 1796.

East Sussex

Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Bodiam CastleQuadrangular castleRuinsWide moat.
Camber CastleArtillery fortRuins"Dismantled" 1642 after sea receded.
Hastings CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary ruins
Local Authority
Ruined by 1399.
Herstmonceux CastleFortified mansionRestoredQueen's University at KingstonBrick, interior dismantled in 1777, restored 20th century, former home of Royal Greenwich Observatory, now Study Centre.
Lewes CastleKeep and baileyRuinsUnusual in having two mottes
Pevensey CastleKeep and baileyRuinsCastle built within surviving walls of Roman fort of Saxon Shore.
Rye Castle Tower HouseIntactOriginally called Baddings Tower.

Essex

Castles of which only earthworks remain include:
Pleshey Castle is a good example of a motte-and-bailey castle: only earthworks and a medieval brick bridge remain.
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Colchester CastleTower keepIntact
Local authority
Reduced in height in 17th century.
Hadleigh CastleCastleFragmentary remains
Hedingham CastleTower keepSubstantially intactCastle demolished in the 17th century except for keep, well-preserved interior despite fire of 1954.
Walden CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary remainsRemains of keep.

Gloucestershire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Berkeley CastleKeep and baileyIntactLargely unaltered until the 1920s, when interior modernised by 8th Earl of Berkeley.
Beverstone CastlePentagonal castleRuinsNGS17th-century house built within ruins.
St. Briavel's CastleKeep and baileyHabitableYouth hostel.
Sudeley CastleQuadrangular castleRestoredRestored as a country house in the 19th century.
Thornbury CastleFortified houseSubstantially intactHotelRestored in the 19th century.

Greater London

Castles of which no traces remain include:
The table does not include The White House, a replica of a Polish palace in London.
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Tower of LondonConcentric castleIntactHistoric Royal PalacesWhite Tower built c. 1077–1100, curtain walls added in the 13th century, working portcullis.
Manor Farm, RuislipMotte-and-bailey castle13th centuryRuinsPublic access

Greater Manchester

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Radcliffe TowerTower houseFragment
Local authority
Ruinous tower formerly incorporated in timber house.

Hampshire

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Calshot CastleArtillery fortSubstantially intactAltered in the 18–20th centuries, in use until 1961.
Hurst CastleArtillery fortSubstantially intactRepaired and refortified in the 19th century.
Netley CastleArtillery fortRebuiltPrivateRemodelled and extended in 1885–90.
Odiham CastleShell keep and baileyFragmentary ruins
Local authority
Built by King John.
Portchester CastleKeep and baileyExtensive ruinsBuilt within surviving walls of Roman fort of the Saxon Shore.
Southampton CastleKeep and baileyFragmentsNorth bailey wall survives.
Southsea CastleArtillery fortRebuilt
Local authority
Altered several times.
Winchester CastleMotte and baileyFragment
Local authority
Great hall survives, reroofed in 1873.
Wolvesey CastleCastleRuins

Herefordshire

Castles of which little or no traces remain include:
Ewyas Harold Castle is recorded in the Domesday Book and was probably built c. 1048.
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Brampton Bryan CastleCastleRuinsPrivateGatehouse survives.
Clifford CastleMotte and baileyFragmentsPrivateBuilding At Risk.
Croft CastleQuadrangular castleRebuiltConverted to a 16/17th-century house.
Downton CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactPrivateAltered and extended in 1860–70.
Eastnor CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactBy Robert Smirke.
Goodrich CastleConcentric castleRuinsPartly demolished during English Civil War.
Hampton CourtFortified manor houseIntactRemodelled in 1830–40s.
Kentchurch CourtFortified manor houseFragmentMedieval tower and gateway survive, remainder largely rebuilt by Nash 1795–1807.
Kinnersley CastleCastleRebuilt16–17th-century house on the site of a medieval castle.
Longtown CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary ruinsCircular keep.
Pembridge CastleKeep and baileyPartly habitablePrivateReconstructed 20th century.
Snodhill CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary ruins
Treago CastleFortified manor houseRestoredPrivateAltered in the 17–19th centuries.
Wigmore CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary ruinsPartly dismantled in 1643.
Wilton CastleCastleFragmentary ruinsRemains incorporated in a 19th-century house.

Hertfordshire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Berkhamsted CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsDouble Moat. Unoccupied since 1495.
Hertford CastleMotte and baileyFragmentsLocal authority15th-century gatehouse survives, altered and extended in the 18–20th centuries.

Isle of Wight

Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Carisbrooke CastleKeep and baileySubstantially intactRefortified in the 1590s as artillery fortress, former seat of the Governor of the Isle of Wight.
Norris CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactPrivateGothic Revival, by James Wyatt.
Yarmouth CastleArtillery fortSubstantially intactAltered in the 17th century.
West Cowes CastleArtillery fortRebuiltRoyal Yacht SquadronFragments of a 16th-century structure incorporated in a later building.

Isles of Scilly

Castles of which only vestiges remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Cromwell's CastleArtillery towerSubstantially intact
Star CastleArtillery fortIntactHotelImportant and complete example of Elizabethan fort.

Kent

Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Allington CastleFortified houseRestoredWedding venueRestored in 1905–1929.
Canterbury CastleTower keepRuins
Local Authority
Demolished in 1792.
Chiddingstone CastleNeo-romantic castleIntact17th-century building converted to a castle in the 19th century.
Chilham CastleKeep and baileyIntactNGSKeep survives with Jacobean house.
Cooling CastleKeep and baileyPart ruinedWedding venueWell-preserved gatehouse survives, barns used for events.
Deal CastleArtillery fortIntactFormerly residence of Captain of the Cinque Ports.
Dover CastleConcentric castleIntactAdapted for modern warfare 18–19th centuries.
Eynsford CastleCastleFragmentary ruins
Hever CastleFortified manor houseRestoredRestored early 19th century, working portcullis.
Kingsgate CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactPrivate apartmentsBuilt c. 1760, rebuilt late 19th century.
Leeds CastleCastleRestoredExtensively rebuilt in 1822 and 1926.
Leybourne CastleCastleFragmentary ruinsPrivate16th-century house partly incorporating ruins, rebuilt in 1931.
Lullingstone CastleSemi-fortified houseFragment16th-century gatehouse incorporated into a later house.
Lympne CastleFortified houseRestoredWedding venueRestored and extended in 1907–12.
Otford PalaceFortified manor houseRuins
Local Authority
The palace was one of the chain of houses belonging to the archbishops of Canterbury.
Penshurst PlaceFortified manor houseFragmentRemodelled in the 19th century, single tower and stretch of wall survive from fortifications of c. 1400.
Rochester CastleTower keepRuinsKeep high to top of turrets.
St Leonard's Tower, West MallingTower keepRuins
Saltwood CastleCastlePart restoredPrivate
Sandgate CastleArtillery fortSubstantially intactPrivateAltered in 1805–06.
Scotney CastleFortified manor houseFragmentSingle surviving tower incorporated in later house.
Sissinghurst CastleFortified manor houseRebuiltNo fortifications remaining.
Starkey CastleManor houseFragmentPrivateFine medieval hall-house remains from possibly fortified manor house.
Stone CastleTowerIntactWedding venueMedieval tower incorporated in building of 1825.
Sutton Valence CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary remains
Tonbridge CastleKeep and baileyFragment
Local authority
Gatehouse survives.
Upnor CastleArtillery fortSubstantially intact
Walmer CastleArtillery fortIntactResidence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 18th century.
Westenhanger CastleFortified manor houseFragmentWedding venue18th-century farmhouse built within ruins.

Lancashire

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Ashton HallTower houseIntactLancaster Golf ClubNear Stodday, 14th-century tower incorporated into a later building.
Borwick HallPele towerIntactOutdoor education centreIncorporated in mainly 16th-century building.
Clitheroe CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Hornby CastleKeepFragmentPrivateKeep rebuilt early 16th century, incorporated into an 18–19th-century house.
Lancaster CastleKeep and baileyIntact
Local authority
Prison from 1745, 20th-century Shire Hall replaced medieval buildings, now Crown Court.
Thurland CastleFortified manor houseRebuiltPrivate apartmentsNear Tunstall, ruins rebuilt in 1879–85.
Turton TowerPele towerIntactIncorporated in later building.

Leicestershire

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Ashby de la Zouch CastleKeepFragmentary ruinsFortified manor converted to castle in 1474, slighted during English Civil War.
Belvoir CastleNeo-romantic castleIntact
Duke of Rutland
Rebuilt in 1655–68 incorporating fragments of medieval castle, remodelled in 1801–30.
Kirby Muxloe CastleQuadrangular castleFragmentary ruinsUnfinished.
Leicester CastleCastleFragments
Local authority
Great hall survives, much altered.

Lincolnshire

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
Goltho Castle was built on the site of a Saxon fortified dwelling of c. 850, established by excavation.
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Bolingbroke CastleEnclosure castleFragmentary ruinsSlighted after brief siege in 1643.
Grimsthorpe CastleCastleFragmentRemodelled in 18th and 19th centuries, retains a 13th-century south-east tower.
Hussey TowerTower houseRuins
Kyme TowerCastleFragmentPrivate
Lincoln CastleKeep and baileySubstantially intact
Local Authority
Double motte and bailey.
Rochford TowerFortified houseFragmentPrivate2 miles east of Boston.
Somerton CastleQuadrangular castleFragmentPrivateSingle tower survives, adjoining a 17th-century building.
Tattershall CastleTowerIntactBrick tower built for Ralph Cromwell, restored in 1911–25 by Lord Curzon.
Torksey CastleSemi-fortified houseFragmentary ruinsPrivateSlighted during English Civil War.

Merseyside

Castles of which little or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Brimstage HallTower houseSubstantially intactCrafts centreTower incorporated in later building of 16th and 19th centuries.
Leasowe CastleSham castleIntactHotelBuilt in 1593, extended in 1600–42 and the 19th century.

Norfolk

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
The surviving motte of Thetford Castle is one of the highest in England, about high.
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / accessNotes
Baconsthorpe CastleFortified manor houseFragmentary ruins
Burgh CastleMotte and baileyNo visible remains / Norfolk Archaeological TrustSite of medieval motte and bailey castle within surviving walls of Roman fort of Saxon Shore.
Caister CastleQuadrangular castleFragmentary ruinsMoated, largely brick, built by John Fastolf, a relatively intact tower remains.
Castle Acre CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remains English HeritageExtensive earthworks.
Castle Rising CastleKeepRuins English Heritage/Lord Rising
Claxton CastleCastleFragmentary ruinsPrivate
Norwich CastleKeepIntact Norfolk Museums and Archaeology ServicePrison during 18–19th centuries.
Oxburgh HallFortified manor houseIntact National Trust18th- and 19th-century additions.
Weeting CastleFortified manor houseFragmentary ruins

Northamptonshire

Castles of which little or no traces remain include:
Fotheringhay Castle was the scene of the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587.
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Astwell CastleFortified manor houseFragmentPrivate, farmGatehouse survives alongside a 17th-century house.
Barnwell CastleRectangular castleRuinsPrivate
Rockingham CastleMotte and baileyRebuilt13th century gatehouse survives, largely rebuilt in the 16th century, remodelled in 1660 and by Anthony Salvin in 19th century.
Thorpe Waterville CastleCastleFragmentPrivateGreat hall with fine open roof survives, altered for use as a barn.

Northumberland

Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Alnham Vicars PelePele towerRestoredPrivate
Alnwick CastleKeep and baileyRestored
Duke of Northumberland
Remodelled by Robert Adam and Anthony Salvin.
Aydon CastleFortified manor houseIntactConverted to farmhouse 17th century.
Bamburgh CastleKeep and baileyRestored
Lord Armstrong
Ruinous by 1704, extensively restored in 1894–1904.
Barmoor CastleTower houseRebuiltPrivate19th-century mansion incorporating remains of a 14th-century building.
Beaufront CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactPrivate19th-century mansion on the site of a 15th-century tower house.
Bellister CastleCastleFragmentary remainsPrivateRuins adjoining a 17th-century house.
Belsay CastleTower houseIntactLater ruined building attached.
Berwick CastleCastleFragmentary remains
Bitchfield CastlePele towerRestoredPrivateIncorporated in later mansion.
Blenkinsop CastleTower houseRuinsPrivateIncorporated into a 19th-century house.
Bothal CastleCastleRebuiltPrivateExtensively restored in the 19th century.
Bywell CastleCastleFragmentsPrivateGatehouse survives.
Callaly CastlePele towerIntactPrivate apartmentsIncorporated in later country house.
Cartington CastlePele tower and extensionsFragmentary remainsPrivate
Chillingham CastleQuadrangular castleIntactAltered in the 17–19th centuries, restored after 1982.
Chipchase CastleTower houseIntactIncorporated in Jacobean house, altered in the 18–19th centuries.
Cocklaw TowerTower houseShellPrivate, farmNear Wall.
Cockle Park TowerTower houseSubstantially intactNewcastle University
Corbridge Vicar's PelePele towerIntactRe-roofed in 1910.
Coupland CastleTower houseRestoredPrivateLater additions.
Craster TowerPele towerIntactHoliday accommodationIncorporated in later building.
Crawley TowerPele towerRuinsPrivateA cottage was built within the walls in the 18th century.
Cresswell CastlePele towerRuin18th century-parapet.
Dilston CastleTower houseRuinsAltered in the 16–17th century, later buildings demolished.
Dunstanburgh CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary ruinsSpectacular coastal setting.
Edlingham CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary ruins
Elsdon TowerPele towerIntactPrivateAltered, rectory until 1960, restored in the 1990s.
Embleton TowerPele towerIntactPrivate19th-century vicarage attached.
Etal CastleCastleFragmentary ruins
Featherstone CastleCastleIntactPrivate14th-century tower, three further towers added in the 18–19th century.
Ford CastleQuadrangular castleSubstantially intactPrivateConverted into mansion in the 17th century.
Halton CastleTower houseIntactPrivateAttached to later house.
Harbottle CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary ruins
Northumberland National Park
Captured by Robert Bruce in 1318.
Haughton CastleTower houseRestoredPrivateAltered in the 18–19th centuries.
Hexham Moot Hall and Old GaolFortified towersIntactProbably once connected by bailey wall, AD1415 list of castles has "Turris de Hexham".
Horsley Tower, LonghorsleyPele towerIntactPrivate
Langley CastleTower houseRestoredHotelRestored in the 1890s.
Lemmington HallTower houseRestoredWedding venueIncorporated in later house.
Lindisfarne CastleArtillery fortRestoredRemodelled by Edwin Lutyens 1901.
Mitford CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary ruins
Morpeth CastleCastleFragmentsLandmark TrustOnly gatehouse and a section of wall remain.
Norham CastleKeep and baileyRuinsKeep remodelled in 1422–25, partly rebuilt in 1513–15.
Preston Tower, EllinghamPele towerFragmentSouth wall remains, with two of the original four turrets.
Prior Castell's TowerTower houseSubstantially intact
Prudhoe CastleCastleRuins
Shilbottle TowerPele towerRestoredPrivateIncorporated into a vicarage.
Shortflatt TowerPele towerRestoredWedding venueIncorporated in later house.
Thirlwall CastleTower houseFragmentary ruins
Northumberland National Park
Built with stone from Hadrian's Wall.
Warkworth CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Whittingham TowerPele towerRestoredPrivateConverted for use as almshouses in 1845.
Whitton TowerPele towerIntactHoliday accommodationNear Rothbury, well-preserved.
Willimoteswick CastleFortified manor houseRuinsPrivate, farmIncorporates remains of earlier building, largely rebuilt in 1900.

North Yorkshire

Castles of which little remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Ayton CastleCastleFragment
Local authority
Barden TowerCastleRuins
Bolton CastleQuadrangular castleRuinsBesieged and slighted during English Civil War.
Cawood CastleQuadrangular castleFragmentsLandmark TrustLargely demolished in 1750, gatehouse survives.
Clifford's TowerKeepRestoredReduced in height 1596.
Crayke CastleTower houseRestoredPrivate18th- and 19th-century additions and alterations.
Danby CastleQuadrangular castleFragmentary ruinsPrivate, farmPartly used as farm buildings.
Gilling CastleTower houseIntactSt. Martin's Ampleforth School16th- and 18th-century additions and alterations.
Hazlewood CastleCastleRebuiltHotelAltered in the 18th and 20th centuries, formerly Carmelite retreat centre.
Hellifield PeelTower houseRestoredHotelRestored 2005.
Helmsley CastleCastleFragmentary ruinsSeverely slighted in 1645.
Hornby CastleCourtyard castleRestoredPrivateConverted to country house by John Carr, 18th century.
Knaresborough CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary ruins
Duchy of Lancaster
Marmion TowerFortified manor houseFragmentSurviving gatehouse of Tanfield Castle.
Middleham CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Mulgrave CastleEnclosure castleFragmentary ruins
Marquess of Normanby
Superseded by 18–19th-century castellated mansion also known as Mulgrave Castle.
Nappa HallFortified manor houseIntactPrivateEnlarged in the 17th century, little altered since.
Pickering CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Ravensworth CastleCastleFragmentary remainsPrivate
Richmond CastleKeep and baileyRuinsKeep high.
Ripley CastleTower houseRebuiltExtended in 1783–36 in Gothic Revival style.
Scarborough CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Sheriff Hutton CastleQuadrangular castleFragmentary ruinsPrivate
Skelton CastleCastellated houseIntactPrivate18–19th-century house incorporates remains of medieval castle.
Skipton CastleCastleRestoredPartly demolished in 1649, rebuilt in 1657–58.
Snape CastleCastlePartly ruinedPrivateMostly reconstructed in the 17th century.
South Cowton CastleTower houseRestoredPrivateAltered in the 19th century, farmhouse.
Spofforth CastleFortified manor houseFragmentary ruins
Whorlton CastleCastleFragmentary ruinsRemains of gatehouse.
Wilton CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactPrivate apartmentsBy Smirke on site of medieval castle.

Nottinghamshire

Castles of which little remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Halloughton Manor HousePele towerIntactPrivateAttached to later building.
Newark CastleCastleRuins / Newark District CouncilGatehouse, part of curtain wall and a tower remain.
Nottingham CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary remains
Nottingham City Council
Demolished in 1651, later mansion on site, a much-restored 14th-century gatehouse remains.

Oxfordshire

Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Bampton CastleQuadrangular castleFragmentPrivateParts of gatehouse and curtain wall survive in later house, Ham Court.
Broughton CastleFortified manor houseIntactRemodelled in the 15–18th centuries.
Hanwell CastleCastellated houseFragmentPrivateLarge surviving tower of unfortified building.
Oxford CastleMotte and baileyFragmentHotelMotte and the unusual, possibly Saxon, St. George's Tower.
Rotherfield Greys CastleFortified manor houseFragmentTowers and section of wall survive, close to Greys Court.
Shirburn CastleQuadrangular castleRebuiltPrivateOriginally stone, largely rebuilt in brick c. 1720, remodelled in the 19th century.
Wallingford CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsSlighted in 1652, impressive earthworks remain.

Rutland

Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Oakham CastleMotte and baileyFragment / Rutland County CouncilAisled great hall built in 1180–1190 survives.

Shropshire

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Acton Burnell CastleFortified manor houseRuinsShell, used as a barn in the 18th century.
Alberbury CastleCastleFragmentary remains
Bridgnorth CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary remainsSlighted in 1645.
Broncroft CastleFortified manor houseIntactPrivateRenovated in the 19th century.
Cheney Longville CastleFortified manor housePart habitablePrivateBuilding At Risk.
Clun CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary remainsRuins of keep built onto side of motte.
Hopton CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Ludlow CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Earl of Powis
One of the great Welsh border castles.
Moreton Corbet CastleKeepFragmentary remainsAdjoining ruins of a 16th-century building.
Quatford CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactPrivateNearby are earthwork remains of the medieval Quatford Castle.
Red CastleCastleFragmentary remains.Overgrown, feature of Hawkstone Park landscape garden. Building At Risk.
Rowton CastleSham castleIntactHotelOn site of medieval castle, remodelled in 1809–12 by George Wyatt.
Shrewsbury CastleCastleRebuilt
Shropshire Council
Restored and extended in 1642, altered c. 1790 by Telford.
Stokesay CastleFortified manor houseIntactRestored in the 19th century.
Wattlesborough CastleCastleFragmentPrivateNear Rowton, keep/tower survives, adjoining Wattlesborough Hall.
Whittington CastleKeep and baileyFragments
Local community
Gatehouse towers survive.

Somerset

Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Banwell CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactRestaurantArchitect not known.
Beckington CastleRebuiltCompany HQMedieval remains incorporated in later building.
Dunster CastleCastleRebuiltExisting house dates largely from c. 1571, with 18–19th-century alterations.
Farleigh Hungerford CastleEnclosure castleRuinsOn high ground above the River Frome.
Newton St Loe CastleFortified manor houseFragmentBath Spa UniversityLarge tower and gatehouse, altered in the 16–17th century.
Nunney CastleQuadrangular castleRuinsTowers originally had conical roofs, north wall collapsed in 1910.
Stogursey CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsLandmark Trust17th-century house built within the remains of the castle.
Sutton CourtFortified manor houseFragmentPrivate apartmentsShort length of embattled wall and a tower survive, incorporated in large house, restored in the 19th century.
Taunton CastleShell keepRestoredNow houses the Museum of Somerset, Castle Hotel incorporates remains of an outer gatehouse.
Walton CastleSham castleRestoredPrivateRestored as private house 20th century.
Wells Bishop's PalaceFortified palaceSubstantially intact
Church of England
Adjacent to cathedral, residence of the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

South Yorkshire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Conisbrough CastleKeep and baileyRuinsCylindrical keep, castle ruinous before English Civil War, so escaped slighting.
Tickhill CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsDuchy of LancasterRuined gatehouse and parts of curtain walls remain.

Staffordshire

Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Alton CastleCastleFragmentary remainsYouth centreCliff-top position, site partly occupied by a 19th-century building.
Caverswall CastleEnclosure castleSubstantially intactPrivateMoated, walls and towers reduced in height, a 17th-century mansion built within.
Chartley CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsPrivateAltered in 13th century to form enclosure castle, abandoned by 1485.
Eccleshall CastleCastleFragmentary remainsPrivateRemains partly incorporated into house of c. 1695, rebuilt in the 19th century.
Stafford CastleMotte and baileyEarthworks / Stafford Borough CouncilMedieval keep partly rebuilt in the 19th century, then partly demolished.
Stourton CastleCastleFragmentPrivateRemains incorporated in later buildings.
Tamworth CastleShell keepRebuilt
Local authority
Largely rebuilt in the 16–18th centuries.
Tutbury CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary ruinsSlighted in 1647–48, a 19th-century folly stands on the motte.

Suffolk

Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Bungay CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary remains / Bungay Castle TrustAbandoned c. 1365.
Clare CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsMotte high.
Eye CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsMotte over high.
Framlingham CastleEnclosure castleRuinsUsed as a poor house in the 17–19th centuries.
Mettingham CastleFortified manor houseFragmentary remainsPrivateGatehouse survives.
Orford CastleKeepRuinsUnique polygonal keep survives.
Wingfield CastleCastleFragmentPrivateSouth curtain wall, gatehouse and east drawbridge survive, with a 16–17th-century house.

Surrey

Castles of which only little or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Farnham CastleKeep and baileySubstantially intactShell keep replaced earlier keep part buried, part remodelled in the 17th century.
Guildford CastleKeep and baileyRuins
Local authority
Tower keep survives, roofless since c. 17th century.

Tyne and Wear

Castles of which little remains include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Hylton CastleTower houseRuinsLarge gatehouse tower, incorporated into an 18th-century house, since demolished.
Newcastle CastleKeep and baileyRestored / Newcastle City CouncilKeep and gatehouse survive.
Old HollinsideFortified manor houseRuinsOn slope overlooking River Derwent.
Ravensworth CastleQuadrangular castleRuinsPrivateTwo towers of medieval castle survive, amidst ruins of later building. Building At Risk.
Tynemouth CastleEnclosure castleRuinsBuilt to enclose and protect the priory, modified as artillery castle 16th century.

Warwickshire

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Astley CastleFortified manor houseShellLandmark TrustAltered 15–19th centuries, hotel prior to fire in 1978. Modern living space constructed within shell, winner of Stirling Prize 2013.
Kenilworth CastleKeep and baileyRuinsAltered in the 16th century, slighted in 1650.
Maxstoke CastleQuadrangular castleSubstantially intactNGSMoated, domestic buildings of 15–19th centuries within curtain walls.
Warwick CastleCastleIntactGuy's tower rises, 17th-century residential block, remodelled by Anthony Salvin after fire.

West Midlands

Castles of which little or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Dudley CastleKeep and bailey700 AD or 1070/1Ruins
Dudley Zoo
Slighted in 1647, then rebuilt and inhabited until destroyed by fire in 1750, partly restored in the 19th century.

West Sussex

Castles of which only little or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Amberley CastleCastlePartly habitableHotelRemodelled in the 16th century and later, incorporates a 12th-century manor, working portcullis.
Arundel CastleKeep and baileyHeavily restored
Duke of Norfolk
Remodelled in 1791–1815 and 1890–1903.
Bramber CastleKeep and baileyFragmentary remainsCommanding position, earthworks and fragment of wall remain.
Halnaker HouseFortified manor houseRuinsPrivateAltered in the 18th century, fell into ruin 1880s, replaced by later house of same name.
Knepp CastleKeep and motteRuinsPrivate11th century motte, with keep added in 1214. Mostly demolished in 1726.

West Yorkshire

Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Dobroyd CastleSham CastleIntactActivity centreBy John Gibson.
Harewood CastleTower houseRuinsPrivateShell of tower, substantially intact, within Harewood House estate.
Pontefract CastleEnclosure castleFragmentary remains
Local authority
Royal castle, withstood three sieges during English Civil War, afterwards dismantled.
Sandal CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsWell-preserved earthworks, excavated site with visitor centre.

Wiltshire

Castles of which only little or no traces remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Devizes CastleNeo-romantic castleIntactPrivate apartmentsPresent building begun 1842 on site of important medieval castle built in 1080.
Longford CastleSham castleIntactEarl of RadnorRemodelled in the 18th century.
Ludgershall CastleRingworkFragmentary remainsRemains of a tower and extensive earthworks.
Old Sarum CastleMotte and baileyFragmentary remainsOn site of Iron Age hill fort.
Old Wardour CastleCastleRuinsRemodelled in the 16–17th centuries, superseded by Palladian building known as New Wardour Castle.

Worcestershire

Castles of which only earthworks remain include:
NameTypeDateConditionImageOwnership / AccessNotes
Caldwall CastleFortified manor houseFragmentPrivateSingle surviving tower, in Kidderminster, Caldwall or Caldwell.
Hartlebury CastleFortified manor houseRebuilt
Church of England
15th-century remains incorporated in later buildings, residence of Bishop of Worcester until 2007, houses Worcestershire County Museum.
Holt CastleCastleIntactWedding venueMedieval tower incorporated in later buildings.
Worcester CastleCastleFragmentChurch of EnglandEdgar Tower, now the entrance to College Green, may incorporate the remains of a castle gatehouse.