Elizabethan manor houses, Baroque palaces and impregnable fortresses: England has an extraordinarily rich legacy. Here are eight castles you need to see across Old Blighty!

Feel like royalty with a unique stay in a centuries-old fortress - and maybe even come face-to-face with a ghost while you're ...

Dover Castle, Kent. The most iconic of all English fortresses, commanding the gateway to the realm for nine centuries, Dover Castle is the winner of the poll. Look out for…the newly-opened ‘Spur’ ...

According to the World Population Review, France has the highest number of castles in 2025, 45,000. Second is Italy with less than half this total, 20,000. Germany, meanwhile, has 3,481, and Czechia 1 ...

The Essex town of Colchester has a rich history with its winding ancient streets teeming with Roman and medieval buildings, ...

Embark on a captivating journey through time as we unveil the world's coolest medieval towns, where history comes alive ...

Police are investigating after a woman was sexually assaulted at Dover Castle. Officers are looking for witnesses of the ...

With England in a state of civil war and unrest for much of ... family artefacts and archaeological finds from the old ...

This is no ordinary Welsh fortress; it holds a special place in the history of one of England’s most famous monarchs ...

Wherever you are in England, you’re never far away from one of English Heritage’s castles. The mighty walls of these fortresses have stood proud for many centuries, from Norman earthworks to ...