Best of East of England
The 20 best castles in East of England
Our curated top 20 castles in East of England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 78 castles see the full castles index for East of England.
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Mount Bures
Essex
Mount Bures is a small village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It adjoins the county boundary with Suffolk. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 218
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Colchester Castle
Essex
Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century. The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind
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Orford Castle
Suffolk
Orford Castle is a castle in Orford in the English county of Suffolk, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Ipswich, with views over Orford Ness. It was built between 1165 and 1173 by Henry II of England to c
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Parham Hall
Suffolk
Parham Old Hall is a historic medieval mansion close to the village of Parham, in Suffolk, England. Closely associated with the Barons Willoughby of Parham, it is a Grade II listed building on the Nat
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Framlingham Castle
Suffolk
Framlingham Castle is a castle in the market town of Framlingham, Suffolk, England. An early motte and bailey or ringwork Norman castle was built on the Framlingham site by 1148, but this was destroye
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Clare Castle
Suffolk
Clare Castle is a high-mounted ruinous medieval castle in the parish and former manor of Clare in Suffolk, England, anciently the caput of a feudal barony. It was built shortly after the Norman Conque
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Morley Old Hall
Norfolk
Morley Old Hall is a Grade I-listed moated manor house built in the sixteenth century in the village of Morley Saint Peter, some twelve miles from the cathedral city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. The
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Milden Castle
Suffolk
Milden Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle on Foxburrow hill in Milden, a village in Suffolk, England. It had been built by the twelfth century, and seems to have been involved in hostilities during
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Caister Castle
Norfolk
Caister Castle is a 15th-century moated castle situated in the parish of West Caister, some 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the town of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk (grid reference TG504123)
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Hedingham Castle
Essex
Hedingham Castle, in the village of Castle Hedingham, Essex, is arguably the best preserved Norman keep in England. The castle fortifications and outbuildings were built around 1100, and the keep arou
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Haughley Castle
Suffolk
Haughley Castle was a medieval castle situated in the village of Haughley, some 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of the town of Stowmarket, Suffolk. Prominent historians such as J. Wall consider it "t
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Denham Castle
Suffolk
Denham Castle, also known as Castle Holes, is a medieval motte and bailey castle near the village of Gazeley, Suffolk, England. The castle was also known as Desning Castle at the time of building and
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Landguard Fort
Suffolk
Landguard Fort is a fort at the mouth of the River Orwell outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, designed to guard the mouth of the river. It is now managed by the charity English Heritage and is open to the pu
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Buckenham Castle
Norfolk
Old Buckenham Castle and Buckenham Castle are two castles adjacent respectively to the villages of Old Buckenham and New Buckenham, Norfolk, England.
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Lidgate Castle
Suffolk
Lidgate Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in the village of Lidgate, Suffolk, England, built to an unusual quadrangular design.
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Mettingham Castle
Suffolk
Mettingham Castle was a fortified manor house in the parish of Mettingham in the north of the English county of Suffolk.
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Claxton Castle
Norfolk
Claxton Castle in the village of Claxton, Norfolk, is a ruined brick castle some 13 km southeast of Norwich.
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Horsford Castle
Norfolk
Horsford Castle is situated in the village of Horsford, 6 miles to the north of the city of Norwich.
