The castle lover's guide
Visit a castle
Websites
Castles on the Web
www.castlesontheweb.com/
Comprehensive guide to castles around the world, including Ireland
and Britain.
Castles of Britain
www.castles-of-britain.com/castle4.htm
Useful travel information and guide to British castles, including
those that house museums.
The Landmark Trust
www.landmarktrust.org.uk
There are now more than 160 Landmark buildings spread across Britain,
including forts, manor houses, castles and towers.
National Trust: Castles and defences
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl/w-places_collections/w-architecture_buildings/w-architecture-building_types/w-architecture-defensive.htm
Lists all National Trust castles across England, Wales and Northern
Ireland.
English Heritage
www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.855
A search on ‘Castles’ will produce a list of more than 90.
Welsh Castle Database
www.castlewales.com/database.html
Comprehensive list of over 100 castles in Wales.
Data Wales
www.data-wales.co.uk/castles1.htm
Information on some of Wales' favourite castles and historic buildings.
Historic Scotland
www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/properties.htm
Has more than 300 places to visit, including castles and palaces.
VisitScotland.com
www.visitscotland.com
Comprehensive guide to places to visit in Scotland, divided into regions.
Ireland Now: Castles of Ireland
www.irelandnow.com/castles.html
Really useful site listing all restored and ruined castles, plus tower, other structures and a glossary of castle terms.
Books
Explore Britain's Castles by Elizabeth Cruwys and Beau Riffenburgh
(AA Publishing, 1998) £7.99
Discover the most spectacular castles around the country. Background text
gives the history of each castle and a location map pinpoints all entries.
Ideal for a family day out.
English Castles: A guide by counties by Adrian Pettifer (Boydell
Press, 1995) £14.99
General guide for castle visitors with historical information plus black-and-white
photographs.
