Dunluce Castle ruins

Castles and palaces

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry shows a group of men sitting at a high

Why you should avoid hair-pulling, and cannibalism, at royal banquets

Episode 7Whitehall Palace

Episode 5Buckingham Palace

Episode 4Hampton Court Palace

Episode 3Conwy Castle

Episode 2Holyrood Palace

Episode 1Hever Castle

Castle Howard.

General History

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British castles: everything you wanted to know

Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd, Wales. (Photo by Getty Images)

Tales of romanceThe historical love stories behind 5 British castles

Castles: from mighty fortresses to fantastical palaces

Geometric pavers, colourful doors and gingerbread trim on a pair of Victorian terrace houses

Snuffers, scrapers and murder-holes: walking through the history of the front door

View of Windsor Castle's East Terrace

Fit for a queenElizabeth II's royal residences

Royal residences: everything you wanted to know

A woman on a bike cycles in front of a castle

General History

A real castle for Christmas: 5 places to explore and stay this festive season

The ruins of Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle: a journey through time

Miners work hard in cramped conditions at the pit face in Ellington Colliery, Northumberland, 1951 (Photo by Getty Images)

The Northumbrians: from Bede to Geordie Shore

Aerial view of Dover Castle

ExploreExplore Dover Castle: Britain’s first line of defence

Britain’s 7 most amazing stately homes

The ruins of Dunluce Castle, which sit on the coastal cliffs of North Antrim in Northern Ireland. They are thought to have been the inspiration for CS Lewis’s castle Cair Paravel in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ (1950–56). (Photo by Andrea Ricordi/Contributor/Getty Images)

9 of Britain’s best castles

Blenheim Palace in a c1880 print from ‘A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland’, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume I, William Mackenzie, London. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

10 things you might not know about Blenheim Palace

A statue of Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle in Scotland. The castle "is in many ways like a bottleneck – so much of Scottish and British history passes through it and goes off to its eventual destination,” says Neil Oliver. (Photo by Iain Masterton via Getty Images)

BBC presenter Neil Oliver on his top 5 must-visit places in Britain

The entrance to Bodiam Castle. "If any castle conjures up the ‘romance’ of the mediaeval world, this is it," says Michael Smith. (Photo by Andrew Ray/LOOP IMAGES via Getty Images)

From magnificent ruins to imposing forts: 10 must-visit British castles

The siege of Orleans

Q&ADid castle defenders really pour boiling oil down on attackers?

Royal palaces of the Hundred Years’ War

The Romanovs and King Arthur

Dover Castle, Kent. (Photo by Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images)

England's 8 most amazing castles

Yorkshire’s top 10 historical sites as county prepares for Tour de France 2014

18th-century snapshots of Windsor Castle

Aerial view of the Roman fort of Vercovicium

10 places where history was made