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Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK5 min

Bolsover Castle

Bolsover Castle is in the town of Bolsover , in the north-east of the English county of Derbyshire. Built in the early 17th century, the present castle lies on the earthworks and ruins of the 12th-century medieval castle; the first structur

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK4 min

Bodelwyddan Castle

Bodelwyddan Castle (Castell Bodelwyddan), close to the village of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire in Wales, was built around 1460 by the Humphreys family of Anglesey as a manor house. It was associated with the Williams-Wynn family for

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK12 min

Brougham Castle

Brougham Castle (pronounced) is a medieval building about 2 mi south-east of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The castle was founded by Robert I de Vieuxpont in the early 13th century. The site, near the confluence of the rivers Eamont and Lowthe

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK8 min

Castle Coole

Castle Coole (from Cúl) is a townland and a late-18th-century neo-classical mansion situated in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Set in a 1200 acre wooded estate, it is one of three properties owned and managed by the Nation

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK4 min

Fyvie Castle

Fyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 13th century, and it later passed through the hands of several prominent families, including the Prest

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK5 min

Abergeldie Castle

Abergeldie Castle is a four-floor tower house in Crathie and Braemar parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands at an altitude of 840 ft, on the south bank of the River Dee, 5 mi west of Ballater, and about 2 mi east of the royal residence

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK4 min

Aberystwyth Castle

Aberystwyth Castle (Castell Aberystwyth) is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It was built in response to the First Welsh War in the late 13th century, replacing an earlier fortress located a

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK12 min

Raid on the Medway

The Raid on the Medway, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War between June 12 to 14 June 1667, (June 22 to June 24 Gregorian modern calendar) was a successful attack conducted by the Dutch navy on English warships laid up in the fleet anchorage

Atlas: castles and palacesLondon3 min

Admiralty Arch

Admiralty Arch is a historic landmark building in London, providing road and pedestrian access between The Mall, which extends to the southwest, and Trafalgar Square to the northeast. Commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of his mother,

Atlas: castles and palacesAcross the UK9 min

Norham Castle

Norham Castle (sometimes Nornam) is a castle in Norham, Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The castle saw much

Atlas: castles and palacesLondon12 min

Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower that stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Originally named the Clock Tower, the structu

Atlas: castles and palacesLondon12 min

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom in London, England. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospital