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Best Castles for Kids in the UK
Castles are one of the easiest sells in family travel. There’s no need to convince a seven-year-old that a place with a drawbridge, a dungeon, and a story about a dragon is worth visiting — the hard part is choosing which one. The UK has hundreds of castles, but only a handful genuinely earn their…
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Ruins Worth Visiting: The UK’s Most Dramatic Castle Remains
There’s something about a ruined castle that a perfectly preserved one can never quite match. Intact castles are impressive, but ruins tell a different kind of story — one written in fallen stone, empty window arches, and towers that have been standing defiant against the weather for eight hundred years. If you’re chasing atmosphere over…
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Best Castles in Kent: The ‘Garden of England’ Heritage Trail
Kent packs more castles per mile than almost anywhere else in England — and with orchards, oast houses, and the coast in between, it might be the perfect county for a castle-hopping camping trip. Here’s our guide to the best castles in Kent, plus where to pitch up nearby. Kent has been England’s front door…
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Best Castles in the Lake District and Cumbria
The Lake District gets all the attention for its fells and lakes — but Cumbria is also one of England’s great castle counties. For centuries this was frontier country, fought over by English and Scottish armies, which means the landscape is scattered with border fortresses, fortified pele towers, romantic ruins and grand stately castles that…
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Best Castles in Yorkshire: 10 Historic Strongholds Worth the Trip
Yorkshire doesn’t do castles by halves. England’s largest county was fought over for a thousand years — by Normans, Scots, rival Plantagenets, and Civil War armies — and the evidence is scattered gloriously across its dales, moors, and coastline. From clifftop ruins battered by the North Sea to intact medieval fortresses you can still climb…
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The Best Castles in Northern Ireland (Including Game of Thrones Sites)
Northern Ireland packs an extraordinary amount of castle history into a small space. Within a couple of hours’ drive you can stand inside a 12th-century Norman keep, scramble around clifftop ruins that seem to grow out of the rock itself, and walk through the courtyard that millions of viewers know as Winterfell. That last part…
