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Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens
- Overview Map Street View The Belsay estate on the main route from Newcastle to Jedburgh was owned by the Middleton family from 1270, when it belonged to Sir John Middleton, …
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Newcastle Castle
- In the 2nd Century AD, the Romans built a fort to protect the Pons Aelius bridge and supply route over the River Tyne. During the Anglo-Saxon age, the site was …
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Pele Tower
- Pele towers were fortified houses built along both sides of the English and Scottish borders, mostly in settlements which did not have a castle. An English Act of Parliament in …
![Scargill Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/07/55/075574_03e6265b.jpg)
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Scargill Castle
- Overview Map Scargill was originally built in the late 12th century by Warren de Scargill whilst he was overseeing building work at the nearby Bowes Castle. King Edward II is …
![Morpeth Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/55/99/4559924_9ea1acae.jpg)
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Morpeth Castle
- Overview About Morpeth Map Street View Morpeth Castle was originally a gatehouse built at the entrance to the castle from which it gets its name. The castle is Grade I …
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Durham Castle
- Overview About Durham Castle Map Street View Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been wholly occupied since 1840 by University College, …
![Cartington Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/07/3470758_dd63a71a.jpg)
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Cartington Castle
- Overview About Cartington Castle Map The castle's location is near Spout Burn, for its supply of fesh water, and has a commanding view of the Debdon pass over the Rothbury …
![Mitford Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/17/3471759_f94bfbe7.jpg)
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Mitford Castle
- Overview About Mitford Castle Map Street View Mitford Castle dates from the late 11th century. It is a ruined motte and bailey castle, which stands on a small promontory by …
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Rothley Castle
- Overview About Rothley Castle Map Street View Rothley Castle is a folly on the Wallington Estate, built to resemble a medieval castle, located near Rothley in Northumberland. The castle was …
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Codger Fort, Rothley
- Overview Map Street View Codger Fort is a folly near Rothley in Northumberland, built in c.1770 by Thomas Wright for Sir Walter Blackett, as part of the Wallington estate. The …
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Naworth Castle
- Overview About Naworth Castle Map Street View Naworth Castle, also known as, or recorded in historical documents as "Naward", is a castle in Cumbria, England, near the town of …
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Corby Castle
- Overview About Corby Castle Map Street View Corby Castle has at its core a medieval tower house, which was altered in the 17th century and the significantly remodelled and extended …
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Piel Castle
- Overview About Piel Castle Map Street View Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel …
![Witton Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/38/61/386143_f83451ac.jpg)
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Witton Castle
- Overview About Map Witton Castle is a much-altered 15th-century castle, which is the centrepiece of a holiday and caravan country park at Witton le Wear, near Bishop Auckland, County …
![Bellister Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/84/10/5841008_4c496291.jpg)
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Bellister Castle
- Overview Map Street View Bellister Castle is a ruined tower house dating from the 13th century with an attached occupied house which is dated 1669.[1] It is located about half …
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Featherstone Castle
- Overview About Featherstone Castle Map Street View The castle is located by the River South Tyne, 3 miles from Haltwhistle. The castle's origins can be traced back to the early …
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Lindisfarne Castle
- Overview Lindisfarne Castle Map Street View Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The …
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Penrith Castle
- Overview About Penrith Castle Map Street View Penrith Castle was built at the end of the 14th century by Ralph Neville (c.1364–1425) was granted the manor of Penrith in 1396. …
![Kirkoswald Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/52/96/5529620_b9909d95.jpg)
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Kirkoswald Castle
- Overview About Kirkoswald Castle Map Street View The ruins of Kirkoswald Castle are located to the south-east of Kirkoswald in Cumbria. A licence to crenellate (fortify) an existing building was granted …
![Alnwick Castle](/uploads/pics/34/34005_t.jpg)
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Alnwick Castle
- Overview History Map Street View Alnwick Castle is the seat of the Duke of Northumberland, built by the River Aln in Alnwick following the Norman conquest. The castle is open …
![Auckland Castle](/uploads/pics/40/40103_t.jpg)
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Auckland Castle
- Overview About Auckland Castle Map Street View A manor house and hunting lodge constructed by Bishop Pudsey around 1183 AD. A hundred years later Bishop Bek converted the manor house …
![Aydon Castle](/uploads/pics/39/39835_t.jpg)
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Aydon Castle
- Overview About Aydon Castle Map Street View Aydon Castle is a 13th century English manor house, located one mile from Corbridge. The house was heavily fortified on the outbreak of …
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Warkworth Castle
- Overview About Warkworth Castle Map Street View Warkworth Castle is a well preserved medieval castle which is cared for by English Heritage. The castle is located by a loop in …
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Ford Castle
- Overview About Ford Castle Map Inside Street View "Ford Castle has its origins in the 14th century. Sir William Heron was given permission to fortify his residence here in 1338 …
![Etal Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/39/52/5395248_a649dc56.jpg)
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Etal Castle
- Overview About Etal Castle Map Street View Etal Castle was built c.1341, by Robert Manners. The ruined medieval castle is located in the village of Etal, in Northumberland. Etal castle …
![Chillingham Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/28/27/1282710_0309f59c.jpg)
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Chillingham Castle
- Overview About Chillingham Castle Map Street View Chillingham Castle is a medieval fortress in the village of Chillingham in England's north Northumberland. From the late 1200s Chillingham was the …
![Walworth Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/15/04/150434_1b7eb2b9.jpg)
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Walworth Castle
- Overview About Walworth Castle Map Street View Walworth Castle is a 16th century mansion house built in the style of a medieval castle, located in Walworth, near Darlington. It stands …
![Norham Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/69/42/694291_84c10134.jpg)
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Norham Castle
- Overview About Norham Castle Map Street View Norham Castle is a castle in Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland. It is a …
![Twizell Castle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Twizel_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1202957.jpg)
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Twizell Castle
- Overview About Twizell Castle Map Street View Twizell Castle stands on a bend of the River Till near Twizell Bridge, about 3 miles north-west of Cornhill-on-Tweed in Northumberland. A medieval tower house on …
![Langley Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/45/38/2453840_ed85d90f.jpg)
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Langley Castle
- Overview About Langley Castle Map Street View Langley Castle is a medieval tower house, now a hotel, located north-east of the village of Langley and about a mile and a …
![Wark-on-Tweed Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/27/10/271091_3d3ec064.jpg)
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Wark-on-Tweed Castle
- Overview About Wark-on-Tweed Castle Map Street View Wark Castle (aka Carham Castle), at Wark-on-Tweed was originally a motte-and-bailey castle built early in the 12th century. The castle was demolished and rebuilt …
![Thirlwall Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/55/09/1550996_6ba26c68.jpg)
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Thirlwall Castle
- Overview About Thirlwall Castle Map Street View Thirlwall Castle is a 12th-century castle in Northumberland, England, on the bank of the River Tipalt close to the village of Greenhead …
![Ravensworth Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/27/66/2276631_0baef5cd.jpg)
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Ravensworth Castle
- Overview About the Castle Map A Grade 2* listed building and Scheduled Monument. There are three phases to the castle; a medieval quadrangular castle, an 18th century country house, and a …
![Raby Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/14/07/1140763_6db3efe8.jpg)
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Raby Castle
- Overview About Raby Castle Map Street View Raby Castle is near Staindrop in County Durham. It was built in the late 14th century by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de …
![Bamburgh Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/94/28/4942877_13add069.jpg)
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Bamburgh Castle
- Overview About Bamburgh Castle Map Inside Street View Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland. It is Grade …
![Prudhoe Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/87/60/5876031_6e1e2dd4.jpg)
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Prudhoe Castle
- Overview About Prudhoe Castle Map Street View Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It …
![Lumley Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/30/39/3303914_2688c4c3.jpg)
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Lumley Castle
- Overview About Lumley Castle Map Street View Lumley Castle, near Chester-le-Street and Great Lumley was built in the 14th Century by Sir Ralph Lumley, who was involved the defence of …
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Lambton Castle
- Overview History Description, 1834 Map Lambton Castle, by the River Wear near Chester-le-Street was mostly constructed in its present form between 1820 and 1828 by John Lambton, first Earl of …
![Hylton Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/04/18/4041878_5def34d3.jpg)
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Hylton Castle
- Overview About Hylton Castle Map Street View Hylton Castle is a ruined stone castle located in the North Hylton area of Sunderland. A wooden fortification was constructed here by the …
![Haughton Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/49/64/3496497_3d02766c.jpg)
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Haughton Castle
- Overview About Haughton Castle Map Haughton Castle is a privately owned country house in Northumberland located a mile north of Humshaugh and on the south side of the River North …
![Harbottle Castle](/uploads/pics/69/69260_t.jpg)
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Harbottle Castle
- Overview About Harbottle Castle The Poem Map Street View Harbottle Castle is a ruined Normal castle which overlooks the village of Harbottle, by the River Coquet in Northumberland. It is …
![Edlingham Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/47/90/2479022_36254564.jpg)
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Edlingham Castle
- Overview About Edlingham Castle Map Street View The ruins of Edlingham Castle are located to the north-east of the village of Edlingham, about 6 miles north-east of Rothbury. The 'castle' was …
![Chipchase Castle](/uploads/pics/40/40536_t.jpg)
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Chipchase Castle
- Overview About Chipchase Castle Map Street View Chipchase Castle is a 17th century Jacobean mansion located near the River North Tyne, about a mile and a half south-east of Wark-on-Tyne. …
![Berwick Castle (ruins)](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/77/09/770903_c0d40124.jpg)
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Berwick Castle (ruins)
- Overview About Berwick Castle Map Street View Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. History The castle was founded in the 12th century by the Scottish …
![Bywell Castle](/uploads/pics/73/73057_t.jpg)
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Bywell Castle
- Overview About Bywell Castle Map Street View Bywell Castle was built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, the second earl of Westmorland.[1] It was originally built in Bywell …
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Barnard Castle (castle)
- Overview About Barnard Castle Map Street View The medieval castle in the town of Barnard Castle, is cared for by English Heritage. The castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and …
![Barmoor Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/77/95/779515_1262d378.jpg)
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Barmoor Castle
- Overview Barmoor Castle Map Barmoor Castle was first recorded in 1341 when the Muschampe family was granted a licence to crenellate. In 1415 it was described as a fortalice. Barmoor was …
![Blenkinsopp Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/59/39/2593969_d10daf05.jpg)
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Blenkinsopp Castle
- Overview About Blenkinsopp Castle Map Blenkinsopp Castle is a fire-damaged, partly demolished 19th-century country mansion, incorporating the ruinous remains of a 14th-century tower house, which is located above the …
![Bowes Castle](/uploads/pics/69/69735_t.jpg)
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Bowes Castle
- Overview History Map The stone castle at Bowes was built between 1170 and 1174 on the site of the former Roman fort of Lavatrae. Bowes Castle was a medieval castle …
![Dunstanburgh Castle](/uploads/pics/33/33986_t.jpg)
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Dunstanburgh Castle
- Overview About Dunstanburgh Castle Map Street View Dunstanburgh Castle is located on the Northumberland coast, one mile north of Craster and a mile and a half south-east of Embleton. The castle …
![Brancepeth Castle](/uploads/pics/42/42263_t.jpg)
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Brancepeth Castle
- Overview History Map The first castle in Brancepeth was a Norman castle built by the Bulmer family. It was rebuilt by the Neville family during the 14th century and it …
![Mote Hills (Elsdon Castle)](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/52/12/1521227_97afcbda.jpg)
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Mote Hills (Elsdon Castle)
- Overview About Elsdon Castle Map Street View Mote Hills at the village of Elsdon are the earthwork remains of a medieval motte and bailey castle. The castle was built on …
![Motte and Bailey Castle, Gunnerton](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/84/85/848551_0a0e6f94.jpg)
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Motte and Bailey Castle, Gunnerton
- About half a mile north of Gunnerton are the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle. The castle is built at the end of a promontory, formed by the …
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North of the Tyne: Castles & Illustrated Walks from the Tyne to the Tweed
- Details of all of Northumberlands castles, including pictures and histories
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![Brough Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/04/29/2042942_8261f04b.jpg)
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Brough Castle
- Overview About Brough Castle Map Street View Not to be confused with Brough Castle in Brough, Caithness. Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, …
![Askerton Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/95/85/958564_49fe1075.jpg)
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Askerton Castle
- Overview About Askerton Castle Map Street View Askerton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in Cumbria, England. History Askerton Castle was built in the parish of Askerton in …
![Brougham Castle](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8692071043_4a8ea08803_z.jpg)
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Brougham Castle
- Overview About Brougham Castle Map Street View Located about a mile south-east of Penrith in Cumbria. Brougham Castle (pronounced /ˈbruːm/) is a medieval building about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east …
![Belsay Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/16/83/168320_b0152728.jpg)
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Belsay Castle
- Overview About Belsay Castle Map Street View Belsay Castle is a tower house built in c.1370, with an attached house added in 1614 (possibly around earlier core), by Thomas and Dorothy …
![Hartley Castle](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/11190376976_e9c992c7bd_z.jpg)
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Hartley Castle
- Overview About Hartley Castle Map Hartley Castle was built in the mid 14th century; it was a fortified manor house which had been granted a licence to crenellate in 1353. …
![Pendragon Castle](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2847/11288441485_b2586ec7d2_z.jpg)
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Pendragon Castle
- Overview About Pendragon Castle Map Street View Inside Pendragon Castle is situated on a knoll overlooking the River Eden in Mallerstang Dale, about 3½ miles south of Kirkby Stephen and …
![Appleby Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/27/90/279022_923647cd.jpg)
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Appleby Castle
- Overview About Appleby Castle Map Appleby Castle is in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland overlooking the River Eden (grid reference NY685200). It consists of a 12th-century castle keep which is …
![Lowther Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/10/49/6104941_c26372c1.jpg)
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Lowther Castle
- Overview About Lowther Castle Map Street View Lowther Castle is a country house in the historic county of Westmorland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, …
![Triermain Castle (remains)](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/83/50/1835006_3ddd53ce.jpg)
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Triermain Castle (remains)
- Overview Map Street View The remains of a medieval enclosure castle are situated immediately to the east of Triermain Farm and stand on a small glacial mound. The castle was …
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![Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens](/uploads/pics/34/34032_t.jpg)
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Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens
- Overview Map Street View The Belsay estate on the main route from Newcastle to Jedburgh was owned by the Middleton family from 1270, when it belonged to Sir John Middleton, …
![Newcastle Castle](/uploads/pics/30/30932_t.jpg)
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Newcastle Castle
- In the 2nd Century AD, the Romans built a fort to protect the Pons Aelius bridge and supply route over the River Tyne. During the Anglo-Saxon age, the site was …
![Pele Tower](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/62/69/626935_95a670a7.jpg)
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Pele Tower
- Pele towers were fortified houses built along both sides of the English and Scottish borders, mostly in settlements which did not have a castle. An English Act of Parliament in …
![Scargill Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/07/55/075574_03e6265b.jpg)
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Scargill Castle
- Overview Map Scargill was originally built in the late 12th century by Warren de Scargill whilst he was overseeing building work at the nearby Bowes Castle. King Edward II is …
![Morpeth Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/55/99/4559924_9ea1acae.jpg)
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Morpeth Castle
- Overview About Morpeth Map Street View Morpeth Castle was originally a gatehouse built at the entrance to the castle from which it gets its name. The castle is Grade I …
![Durham Castle](/uploads/pics/40/40228_t.jpg)
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Durham Castle
- Overview About Durham Castle Map Street View Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been wholly occupied since 1840 by University College, …
![Cartington Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/07/3470758_dd63a71a.jpg)
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Cartington Castle
- Overview About Cartington Castle Map The castle's location is near Spout Burn, for its supply of fesh water, and has a commanding view of the Debdon pass over the Rothbury …
![Mitford Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/17/3471759_f94bfbe7.jpg)
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Mitford Castle
- Overview About Mitford Castle Map Street View Mitford Castle dates from the late 11th century. It is a ruined motte and bailey castle, which stands on a small promontory by …
![Rothley Castle](/uploads/pics/94/94913_t.jpg)
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Rothley Castle
- Overview About Rothley Castle Map Street View Rothley Castle is a folly on the Wallington Estate, built to resemble a medieval castle, located near Rothley in Northumberland. The castle was …
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Codger Fort, Rothley
- Overview Map Street View Codger Fort is a folly near Rothley in Northumberland, built in c.1770 by Thomas Wright for Sir Walter Blackett, as part of the Wallington estate. The …
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Naworth Castle
- Overview About Naworth Castle Map Street View Naworth Castle, also known as, or recorded in historical documents as "Naward", is a castle in Cumbria, England, near the town of …
![Corby Castle](/uploads/pics/96/96486_t.jpg)
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Corby Castle
- Overview About Corby Castle Map Street View Corby Castle has at its core a medieval tower house, which was altered in the 17th century and the significantly remodelled and extended …
![Piel Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/49/27/5492753_38224c28.jpg)
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Piel Castle
- Overview About Piel Castle Map Street View Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel …
![Witton Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/38/61/386143_f83451ac.jpg)
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Witton Castle
- Overview About Map Witton Castle is a much-altered 15th-century castle, which is the centrepiece of a holiday and caravan country park at Witton le Wear, near Bishop Auckland, County …
![Bellister Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/84/10/5841008_4c496291.jpg)
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Bellister Castle
- Overview Map Street View Bellister Castle is a ruined tower house dating from the 13th century with an attached occupied house which is dated 1669.[1] It is located about half …
![Featherstone Castle](/uploads/pics/40/40237_t.jpg)
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Featherstone Castle
- Overview About Featherstone Castle Map Street View The castle is located by the River South Tyne, 3 miles from Haltwhistle. The castle's origins can be traced back to the early …
![Lindisfarne Castle](/uploads/pics/91/91595_t.jpg)
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Lindisfarne Castle
- Overview Lindisfarne Castle Map Street View Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The …
![Penrith Castle](/uploads/pics/101/101965_t.jpg)
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Penrith Castle
- Overview About Penrith Castle Map Street View Penrith Castle was built at the end of the 14th century by Ralph Neville (c.1364–1425) was granted the manor of Penrith in 1396. …
![Kirkoswald Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/52/96/5529620_b9909d95.jpg)
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Kirkoswald Castle
- Overview About Kirkoswald Castle Map Street View The ruins of Kirkoswald Castle are located to the south-east of Kirkoswald in Cumbria. A licence to crenellate (fortify) an existing building was granted …
![Alnwick Castle](/uploads/pics/34/34005_t.jpg)
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Alnwick Castle
- Overview History Map Street View Alnwick Castle is the seat of the Duke of Northumberland, built by the River Aln in Alnwick following the Norman conquest. The castle is open …
![Auckland Castle](/uploads/pics/40/40103_t.jpg)
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Auckland Castle
- Overview About Auckland Castle Map Street View A manor house and hunting lodge constructed by Bishop Pudsey around 1183 AD. A hundred years later Bishop Bek converted the manor house …
![Aydon Castle](/uploads/pics/39/39835_t.jpg)
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Aydon Castle
- Overview About Aydon Castle Map Street View Aydon Castle is a 13th century English manor house, located one mile from Corbridge. The house was heavily fortified on the outbreak of …
![Warkworth Castle](/uploads/pics/34/34896.jpg)
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Warkworth Castle
- Overview About Warkworth Castle Map Street View Warkworth Castle is a well preserved medieval castle which is cared for by English Heritage. The castle is located by a loop in …
![Ford Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/25/43/1254388_96fdc418.jpg)
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Ford Castle
- Overview About Ford Castle Map Inside Street View "Ford Castle has its origins in the 14th century. Sir William Heron was given permission to fortify his residence here in 1338 …
![Etal Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/39/52/5395248_a649dc56.jpg)
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Etal Castle
- Overview About Etal Castle Map Street View Etal Castle was built c.1341, by Robert Manners. The ruined medieval castle is located in the village of Etal, in Northumberland. Etal castle …
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Chillingham Castle
- Overview About Chillingham Castle Map Street View Chillingham Castle is a medieval fortress in the village of Chillingham in England's north Northumberland. From the late 1200s Chillingham was the …
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Walworth Castle
- Overview About Walworth Castle Map Street View Walworth Castle is a 16th century mansion house built in the style of a medieval castle, located in Walworth, near Darlington. It stands …
![Norham Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/69/42/694291_84c10134.jpg)
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Norham Castle
- Overview About Norham Castle Map Street View Norham Castle is a castle in Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland. It is a …
![Twizell Castle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Twizel_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1202957.jpg)
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Twizell Castle
- Overview About Twizell Castle Map Street View Twizell Castle stands on a bend of the River Till near Twizell Bridge, about 3 miles north-west of Cornhill-on-Tweed in Northumberland. A medieval tower house on …
![Langley Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/45/38/2453840_ed85d90f.jpg)
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Langley Castle
- Overview About Langley Castle Map Street View Langley Castle is a medieval tower house, now a hotel, located north-east of the village of Langley and about a mile and a …
![Wark-on-Tweed Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/27/10/271091_3d3ec064.jpg)
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Wark-on-Tweed Castle
- Overview About Wark-on-Tweed Castle Map Street View Wark Castle (aka Carham Castle), at Wark-on-Tweed was originally a motte-and-bailey castle built early in the 12th century. The castle was demolished and rebuilt …
![Thirlwall Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/55/09/1550996_6ba26c68.jpg)
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Thirlwall Castle
- Overview About Thirlwall Castle Map Street View Thirlwall Castle is a 12th-century castle in Northumberland, England, on the bank of the River Tipalt close to the village of Greenhead …
![Ravensworth Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/27/66/2276631_0baef5cd.jpg)
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Ravensworth Castle
- Overview About the Castle Map A Grade 2* listed building and Scheduled Monument. There are three phases to the castle; a medieval quadrangular castle, an 18th century country house, and a …
![Raby Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/14/07/1140763_6db3efe8.jpg)
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Raby Castle
- Overview About Raby Castle Map Street View Raby Castle is near Staindrop in County Durham. It was built in the late 14th century by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de …
![Bamburgh Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/94/28/4942877_13add069.jpg)
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Bamburgh Castle
- Overview About Bamburgh Castle Map Inside Street View Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland. It is Grade …
![Prudhoe Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/87/60/5876031_6e1e2dd4.jpg)
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Prudhoe Castle
- Overview About Prudhoe Castle Map Street View Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It …
![Lumley Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/30/39/3303914_2688c4c3.jpg)
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Lumley Castle
- Overview About Lumley Castle Map Street View Lumley Castle, near Chester-le-Street and Great Lumley was built in the 14th Century by Sir Ralph Lumley, who was involved the defence of …
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Lambton Castle
- Overview History Description, 1834 Map Lambton Castle, by the River Wear near Chester-le-Street was mostly constructed in its present form between 1820 and 1828 by John Lambton, first Earl of …
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Hylton Castle
- Overview About Hylton Castle Map Street View Hylton Castle is a ruined stone castle located in the North Hylton area of Sunderland. A wooden fortification was constructed here by the …
![Haughton Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/49/64/3496497_3d02766c.jpg)
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Haughton Castle
- Overview About Haughton Castle Map Haughton Castle is a privately owned country house in Northumberland located a mile north of Humshaugh and on the south side of the River North …
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Harbottle Castle
- Overview About Harbottle Castle The Poem Map Street View Harbottle Castle is a ruined Normal castle which overlooks the village of Harbottle, by the River Coquet in Northumberland. It is …
![Edlingham Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/47/90/2479022_36254564.jpg)
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Edlingham Castle
- Overview About Edlingham Castle Map Street View The ruins of Edlingham Castle are located to the north-east of the village of Edlingham, about 6 miles north-east of Rothbury. The 'castle' was …
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Chipchase Castle
- Overview About Chipchase Castle Map Street View Chipchase Castle is a 17th century Jacobean mansion located near the River North Tyne, about a mile and a half south-east of Wark-on-Tyne. …
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Berwick Castle (ruins)
- Overview About Berwick Castle Map Street View Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. History The castle was founded in the 12th century by the Scottish …
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Bywell Castle
- Overview About Bywell Castle Map Street View Bywell Castle was built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, the second earl of Westmorland.[1] It was originally built in Bywell …
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Barnard Castle (castle)
- Overview About Barnard Castle Map Street View The medieval castle in the town of Barnard Castle, is cared for by English Heritage. The castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and …
![Barmoor Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/77/95/779515_1262d378.jpg)
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Barmoor Castle
- Overview Barmoor Castle Map Barmoor Castle was first recorded in 1341 when the Muschampe family was granted a licence to crenellate. In 1415 it was described as a fortalice. Barmoor was …
![Blenkinsopp Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/59/39/2593969_d10daf05.jpg)
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Blenkinsopp Castle
- Overview About Blenkinsopp Castle Map Blenkinsopp Castle is a fire-damaged, partly demolished 19th-century country mansion, incorporating the ruinous remains of a 14th-century tower house, which is located above the …
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Bowes Castle
- Overview History Map The stone castle at Bowes was built between 1170 and 1174 on the site of the former Roman fort of Lavatrae. Bowes Castle was a medieval castle …
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Dunstanburgh Castle
- Overview About Dunstanburgh Castle Map Street View Dunstanburgh Castle is located on the Northumberland coast, one mile north of Craster and a mile and a half south-east of Embleton. The castle …
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Brancepeth Castle
- Overview History Map The first castle in Brancepeth was a Norman castle built by the Bulmer family. It was rebuilt by the Neville family during the 14th century and it …
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Mote Hills (Elsdon Castle)
- Overview About Elsdon Castle Map Street View Mote Hills at the village of Elsdon are the earthwork remains of a medieval motte and bailey castle. The castle was built on …
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Motte and Bailey Castle, Gunnerton
- About half a mile north of Gunnerton are the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle. The castle is built at the end of a promontory, formed by the …
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North of the Tyne: Castles & Illustrated Walks from the Tyne to the Tweed
- Details of all of Northumberlands castles, including pictures and histories
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![Brough Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/04/29/2042942_8261f04b.jpg)
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Brough Castle
- Overview About Brough Castle Map Street View Not to be confused with Brough Castle in Brough, Caithness. Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, …
![Askerton Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/95/85/958564_49fe1075.jpg)
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Askerton Castle
- Overview About Askerton Castle Map Street View Askerton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in Cumbria, England. History Askerton Castle was built in the parish of Askerton in …
![Brougham Castle](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8692071043_4a8ea08803_z.jpg)
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Brougham Castle
- Overview About Brougham Castle Map Street View Located about a mile south-east of Penrith in Cumbria. Brougham Castle (pronounced /ˈbruːm/) is a medieval building about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east …
![Belsay Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/16/83/168320_b0152728.jpg)
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Belsay Castle
- Overview About Belsay Castle Map Street View Belsay Castle is a tower house built in c.1370, with an attached house added in 1614 (possibly around earlier core), by Thomas and Dorothy …
![Hartley Castle](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/11190376976_e9c992c7bd_z.jpg)
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Hartley Castle
- Overview About Hartley Castle Map Hartley Castle was built in the mid 14th century; it was a fortified manor house which had been granted a licence to crenellate in 1353. …
![Pendragon Castle](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2847/11288441485_b2586ec7d2_z.jpg)
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Pendragon Castle
- Overview About Pendragon Castle Map Street View Inside Pendragon Castle is situated on a knoll overlooking the River Eden in Mallerstang Dale, about 3½ miles south of Kirkby Stephen and …
![Appleby Castle](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/27/90/279022_923647cd.jpg)
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Appleby Castle
- Overview About Appleby Castle Map Appleby Castle is in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland overlooking the River Eden (grid reference NY685200). It consists of a 12th-century castle keep which is …
![Lowther Castle](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/10/49/6104941_c26372c1.jpg)
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Lowther Castle
- Overview About Lowther Castle Map Street View Lowther Castle is a country house in the historic county of Westmorland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, …
![Triermain Castle (remains)](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/83/50/1835006_3ddd53ce.jpg)