A selection of Great Castles and Ruins to take the Children

Here is a selection of fabulous castles to visit with all the family for some great historic fun days out. There are many more castles and ruins on the website to search for to play knights in shining armour and princesses - what's not to love about our great castles?

Carisbrooke Castle

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Northern England   Cheshire Beeston Castle <back to top Cumbria Carlisle Castle Muncaster Castle, Gardens and Owl Centre Sizergh Castle <back to top Derbyshire Bolsover Castle <back to top Durham Barnard Castle Durham Castle Egglestone Abbey Raby Castle and Garden <back to top Lancashire Lancaster Castle <back to top Northumberland Alnwick Castle Bamburgh Castle Chillingham Castle Lindisfarne Castle Lindisfarne Priory Warkworth Castle <back to top Tyne & Wear Castle Keep Tynemouth Priory and Castle <back to top > North Yorkshire Bolton Abbey Estate Bolton Castle Byland Abbey Clifford’s Tower Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Helmsley Castle Middleham Castle Richmond Castle Rievaulx Abbey Ripley Castle Skipton Castle <back to top South Yorkshire Conisbrough Castle Roche Abbey <back to top West Yorkshire Kirkstall Abbey <back to top Central England   Herefordshire Eastnor Castle Goodrich Castle <back to top Leicestershire Belvoir Castle Rockingham Castle <back to top Northamptonshire Lyveden New Bieldar <back to top Nottinghamshire Nottingham Castle <back to top Oxfordshire Broughton Castle Oxford Castle <back to top Shropshire Ludlow Castle Wroxeter Roman City <back to top Staffordshire Stafford Castle and Visitor Centre Tamworth Castle Tutbury Castle <back to top Warwickshire Kenilworth Castle Warwick Castle <back to top West Midlands The Lunt Roman Fort <back to top Worcestershire Witley Court and Gardens <back to top   Southern England   Berkshire Windsor Castle <back to top Cornwall Launceston Castle Pendennis Castle Restormel Castle St Michael’s Mount Tintagel Castle <back to top Devon Berry Pomeroy Castle Castle Drogo Dartmouth Castle Powderham Castle Totnes Castle <back to top Dorset Corfe Castle Highcliffe Castle Lulworth Castle Portland Castle Sherborne Castle Sherborne Old Castle <back to top Gloucestershire Berkeley Castle Chedworth Roman Villa <back to top Hampshire Highclere Castle Hurst Castle Portchester Castle Southsea Castle <back to top Isle of Wight Carisbrooke Castle Yarmouth Castle <back to top Kent Chiddingstone Castle Dover Castle Leeds Castle Hever Castle Rochester Castle Upnor Castle <back to top London Buckingham Palace Tower of London <back to top > Somerset Dunster Castle Farleigh Hungerford Castle Nunney Castle <back to top Surrey Farnham Castle Keep Guildford Castle <back to top Sussex Arundel Castle Bodiam Castle Hastings Castle Herstmonceux Castle Lewes Castle Pevensey Castle   <back to top Wiltshire Old Sarum Castle Old Wardour Castle <back to top   Eastern England   Essex Hedingham Castle Mountfitchet Castle Colchester Castle <back to top Hertfordshire Berkhamsted Castle Hertford Castle Welwyn Roman Baths <back to top Lincolnshire Lincoln Castle <back to top Norfolk Castle Acre Priory and Castle Castle Rising Castle <back to top Suffolk Bungay Castle Framlingham Castle Orford Castle <back to top Wales   Caerphilly Caerphilly Castle <back to top Cardiff Cardiff Castle Castell Coch <back to top Carmarthenshire Carreg Cennen Castle Kidwelly Castle <back to top Conwy Conwy Castle <back to top Denbighshire Denbigh Castle Valle Crucis Abbey <back to top Gwynedd Caernarfon Castle Dolwyddelan Castle Harlech Castle Penrhyn Castle <back to top Isle of Anglesey Beaumaris Castle <back to top Monmouthshire Chepstow Castle Raglan Castle Tintern Abbey <back to top Newport Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths <back to top Pembrokeshire Carew Castle & Tidal Mill Cilgerran Castle Pembroke Castle <back to top Powys Powis Castle and Garden <back to top Wrexham Chirk Castle <back to top Scotland   Aberdeenshire Castle Fraser <back to top Ayrshire Kelbourn Castel Country Centre and Estate <back to top Dumfriesshire Caerlaverrock Castle <back to top Perthshire The Black Watch Castle and Museum <back to top Stirlingshire Stirling Castle <back to top Northern Ireland   City of Belfast Belfast Castle <back to top County Antrim Carrickfergus Castle <back to top County Down Castle Ward <back to top Fermanagh Harry Avery O’Neill’s Castle <back to top