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Castle Hill is next to Coopers Hill, and is best accessed from the Abbotswood estate in Brockworth, or from a footpath off the A46.

The castle passed into the hands of the Neville family, and in 1471 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick.

The castle stands on the bank of the River Teith at its junction with the Ardoch.

To many the stupendous structure had the look of an ornate medieval castle.

This photograph, showing the castle walls and the dome of the Debtors' Prison, was taken from the fourth recorded bridge, which was replaced by the present one in 1955 owing to the demands of traffic.

Not far outside the village are the twin towers of Sissinghurst Castle with its beautiful gardens, once home to the author Vita Sackville West.

He was known as the Kingmaker and lived in Eridge Castle, the ancestral seat of the Marquis of Abergavenny.

In the 1920s it became the Beacon Castle Hotel. It eventually burnt down in a spectacular blaze on 16 May 1985 which took 11 fire crews to extinguish.

It was certainly used by the Normans who built a castle from where the Baron of Halton could control the Mersey estuary and surrounding lands.

Also here was the Iron Hall which belonged to the castle chapel of St Mary, from which it drew rents.

Castle Hill was one of Axminster's earliest residential streets, though always mixed with trade. The cottages on the right have survived, although they are much altered.

Cleobury, pronounced Clibbery, was once a stronghold of the powerful Mortimer family; they also owned castles in, for example, Ludlow, Wigmore and Chirk.

Nearby is the 13th-century Penrice Castle, which was originally built by the Normans after finally gaining control of the Gower in 1099.

Beyond The Strait, Steep Hill commences with The Jew's House, a Norman stone house of the 1170s, before climbing more steeply up towards the cathedral and castle on the top of the hill.

Visitors can stay at the King Arthur's Castle Hotel where once, no doubt, Arthur entertained Guinevere, or queue for fish and chips in the same establishment once patronised by the Knights of the Round

The laying out of Dudley Zoo took account of the nature of Castle Hill, and most of the animal enclosures were fitted into the natural or previously formed features.

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

The Round Tower of the Castle is 12th-century, although the site was selected by William the Conqueror. Most of what can be seen from the river was built during the reign of George IV (1820-1830).

Around 1223 Stourton Lodge was fortified and later became known as Stourton Castle.

Bridgnorth and its castle sit on a cliff of very soft sandstone.

Bridgnorth and its castle sit on a cliff of very soft sandstone.

The ruined Castle stands at the end of the path behind the trees. These elms trees fell victim to the scourge of the Dutch elm disease in the 1970s.

Now owned by the National Trust for Scotland, Brodick Castle, once the seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, dates from the 14th century.

Not far away is the ruined Breadalbane stronghold of Finlarig Castle. One of its more interesting features is what is thought to be an ancient beheading pit.