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Owain Glyndwr took the castle in 1404, but his attempt to bring independence to Wales came to an end when Henry V stormed Harlech and captured Owain and his family.

The castle was sited so as to control the principal route between Nant Conway and Meironnydd by way of the Lledr Valley. It was captured by the English in 1283.

Sleaford has fragments of a castle, built by Alexander, the princely Bishop of Lincoln, in the 1120s, but its function as a market town for north Kesteven is undimmed.

early part of the 17th century, busts began to take the place of effigies; the county's earliest bust can be found here, on the memorial to Sir Thomas Cornwallis, one-time governor of the castle

This is part of the castle grounds, and tournaments can be held here.

This is part of the castle grounds, and tournaments can be held here.

The Castle Hotel, with its gabled roof and solid appearance, takes its name from Hadleigh Castle.Although this photograph shows the High Street, it lacks the bustle we see today.A small garage is tucked

Castle Hill is part of 365 acres of common land donated for '...the relief of the poor' in the 12th century. There are 20 miles of public rights of way.

Although the castle entrance is enlarged, the Animal Wall re-sited and the trailing vines long since removed, this remains a familiar scene.

Although the castle entrance is enlarged, the Animal Wall re-sited and the trailing vines long since removed, this remains a familiar scene.

Just upstream is the Roman site, Richborough Castle. The town is home to the famous St George's Golf Club.

Almost since its foundation by Roger de Poitou in 1070, the castle has been the seat of justice and punishment; the assizes were held there from 1166 to 1972 and, but for a brief period, has also served

One mile east of Bangor off the present-day A55 stands Penrhyn Castle, a popular attraction with visitors to the area.

The keep was isolated from the rest of the castle by its own moat, and defended by a double drawbridge.

Visiting the town at the beginning of the Civil War, Charles I described the view from the castle ramparts as 'the finest in my kingdom'.

There have been relatively few changes here, one of the best being that the Imperial Café is now a second hand bookshop called Castle Hill Books.

was in another of the town's inns, The Kings Arms, that Sir Walter Scott did the preparatory work and outline for his classic novel 'Kenilworth', set during the period of the last building phase of the castle

The extensive remains of 12th-century Scarborough Castle crown the headland in the background of this summer time view of Scarborough's South Beach.

Howley is one of Warrington's oldest districts, with a simple Norman castle standing guard over the ancient ford at Latchford.

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 Elephant and Castle, a great meeting place of thoroughfares, was termed a ‘ganglion of roads’ by Dickens in ‘Bleak House’.The squat old inn that gave it its name dominates the scene, and is offering

Down the lane to the left, on the other side of the castle green, is Northgate and Doomsdale, the prison which included among its inmates the Catholic martyr St Cuthbert Mayne, the Quaker George Fox, and

To the north-east of Masham and three miles south of Bedale, Snape Castle was once the home of Katherine Parr, sixth and last wife of Henry VIII.

Despite its name, it was never a castle, but parts of it are 15th-century.