Bolingbroke Castle
Lincolnshire, England
Henry IV's birthplace; managed by Heritage Lincolnshire
Corfe Castle
Dorset, England
Royal castle slighted 1646
Donnington Castle
Berkshire, England
Twin-towered gatehouse survives amid earthworks
Helmsley Castle
North Yorkshire, England
Hopton Castle
Shropshire, England
Conserved Civil War siege ruin, free
Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden
Warwickshire, England
King Charles's Castle
Cornwall, England
Tudor artillery fort on Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Laugharne Castle
Carmarthenshire, Wales
Tudor-converted castle on Taf estuary; Dylan Thomas connections; seasonal opening
Nunney Castle
Somerset, England
Interior closed; exterior viewing from outer moat
Rockingham Castle
Northamptonshire, England
Seasonal opening
Sherborne Old Castle
Dorset, England
Free entry; seasonal opening hours
Skipton Castle
North Yorkshire, England
One of England's best-preserved medieval castles
Tiverton Castle
Devon, England
Limited summer opening; holiday apartments in castle
Wigmore Castle
Herefordshire, England