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Compton Castle, near Marlton in Devonshire, is a 14th-century manor house built without a moat, though the gatehouse came complete with machicolations.

The castle was briefly owned by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who later presented it to the Duke of Norfolk.

Rowlands Castle, on the Sussex border, is named after the medieval castle that had been destroyed by the building of the railway running from London to Portsmouth.

Artists and writers have celebrated the castle ruins and their setting, notably J M W Turner and William Wordsworth.

The first castle to be built at Kenilworth is thought to have been a motte and bailey constructed between 1122-1127 by Geoffrey de Clinton. It was de Clinton's son who built the keep.

At the end of the street is Kimbolton Castle, first built around 1200, later a Tudor house and the place where Katherine of Aragon died in 1536.

Broughton Castle was built as a fortified manor house by Sir John de Broughton in the 14th century. It was later acquired by William of Wykeham who converted the house into a castle.

In the Second World War the castle was requisitioned by the military for the training of tank drivers. It was not until 1950 that Stafford Howard took control once again on behalf of the family.

Within the medieval walls of the castle (or fortified manor house cum bishop's palace) are the living apartments of the bishop: these are complex and varied ranges, with medieval parts jostling with later

Christchurch Castle, of which only the ruins remain, was probably built by Richard de Redvers, a cousin of Henry I, who was given the royal manor as a reward for aiding Henry in his fight for the crown

Here we see Norwich Castle rising above the bustle of the sheep market.

Spanning the narrow street of this hill-top village, which rests high on the chalk uplands overlooking the River Nar, is this monumental arch, ancient gateway to the castle, which lies ruinous close by

This was once the site of Helston Castle, built in the 13th century by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall.

The font may have been removed from Marlborough Castle, as St George's was the parish church for the castle.

This photograph was taken twelve years before the start of the castle's restoration by Lord Astor; at this time, its associations were solely with the romantic attachment of Henry VIII and

Bramber Castle was built just after the Norman Conquest to defend the vulnerable and exposed coast of Sussex.

The castle was once the home of the powerful Neville family; now parts of their castle lie in ruins, although one side remains habitable.

The castle is visible part way up the hill. Beneath the castle, the outer suburbs stretch along the shore of the lough.

The town is chiefly noteworthy for its noble old castle, the remains of which have been carefully strengthened so that the relic is the best preserved of the nine castles in Carmarthenshire.

Above the junction of Castlegate and Parsons Lane is the keep of Clitheroe Castle, which was founded under Roger de Poitou shortly after William seized the throne from Harold.

The ruins are of a late 13th-century castle built on the site of an earlier stronghold.

The castle was on a hill north of the church, comprising a motte and bailey with earth and timber fortifications.

A few miles from Dunstable, through the Downs, and nowadays part of the commuter belt, Castle Hill road links the three ends of Totternhoe, Church, Middle and Lower.

Dating from the end of the 13th century, technically it is not a castle at all, but a moated manor house, and it would have been very open to attack.