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Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK7 min

St Andrews Castle

St Andrews Castle is a ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooking a small beach called Castle Sands and the adjoining North Sea. There has been a castle standin

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK4 min

Halton Castle

Halton Castle is a castle in the village of Halton, part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. The castle is on the top of Halton Hill, a sandstone prominence overlooking the village. The original building, a motte-and-bailey castle be

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK9 min

Brough Castle

Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England. The castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains. The initial motte and

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK6 min

Carrickfergus Castle

Carrickfergus Castle (from the Irish Carraig Ḟergus or "cairn of Fergus", the name "Fergus" meaning "strong man") is a Norman castle in Northern Ireland, situated in the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, on the northern shore of Belfa

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK12 min

Edzell Castle

Edzell Castle is a ruined 16th-century castle, with an early-17th-century walled garden. It is located close to Edzell, and is around 5 mi north of Brechin, in Angus, Scotland. Edzell Castle was begun around 1520 by David Lindsay, 9th Earl

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK12 min

Peveril Castle

Peveril Castle (also Castleton Castle or Peak Castle) is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire. It was the main settlement (or caput) of the feudal barony of William Peverel, k

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK5 min

Candleston Castle

Candleston Castle (historically sometimes Candlestone Castle) is a 14th-century fortified manor house, in ruins since the 19th century. It is 0.75 mi southwest of Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales, now Bridgend County Borough and just 0.75 mi

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK5 min

Dinefwr Castle

Dinefwr Castle (Castell Dinefwr; also known as Old Dynevor Castle) is a ruined castle overlooking the River Towy near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies on a ridge on the northern bank of the Towy, with a steep drop of o

Atlas: castles and palacesLondon10 min

Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held), was an international exhibition that took plac

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK3 min

Beaufort Castle, Scotland

Beaufort Castle or Castle Dounie (Caisteal Dhùnaidh) is a baronial style mansion built in 1880 and incorporating older building work. It is situated on the right bank of the River Beauly near the town of Beauly in Inverness-shire and is 1 m

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK5 min

Bolsover Castle

Bolsover Castle is in the town of Bolsover , in the north-east of the English county of Derbyshire. Built in the early 17th century, the present castle lies on the earthworks and ruins of the 12th-century medieval castle; the first structur

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK4 min

Bodelwyddan Castle

Bodelwyddan Castle (Castell Bodelwyddan), close to the village of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire in Wales, was built around 1460 by the Humphreys family of Anglesey as a manor house. It was associated with the Williams-Wynn family for