17 castle hotels
Castle Hotels in England
Real castles and palaces in England where you can book a room for the night.
england · Kent
Hever Castle
The childhood home of Anne Boleyn — a perfectly moated Tudor jewel hidden in the Kentish Weald
england · West Sussex — near Arundel
Amberley Castle
The Bishops of Chichester's 900-year-old summer palace, where Henry VIII sought advice on his divorce from Catherine of Aragon — now a Relais & Châteaux hotel with a 12th-century hall open to non-residents
england · Cumbria — Appleby-in-Westmorland, Eden Valley
Appleby Castle
One of only three intact Norman keeps left in England, remodelled by Lady Anne Clifford in the 17th century — with real day tickets, guided tours and 27 acres to explore, not just a hotel restaurant
england · Cumbria — near Kirkby Stephen, Eden Valley
Augill Castle
A Victorian 'folly castle' built almost entirely for show — one room deep behind its turrets and 148 windows, reportedly to outdo a younger brother — now a family-run boutique hotel that welcomes non-residents to dinner
england · Devon — Bickleigh, near Tiverton
Bickleigh Castle
A Saxon chapel from 600 AD, a Norman motte from 1018, a Civil War siege and a royal guest in 1644 — open to real day visitors every Thursday from April to October, with a resident historian leading the tours
england · Devon — North Bovey, Dartmoor National Park
Bovey Castle
A £1-million Edwardian mansion sold to a railway company for £15,000 after death duties — now a 5-star Dartmoor resort with two restaurants open to the public
england · East Riding of Yorkshire — South Cave
Cave Castle
A 150-acre East Yorkshire estate rebuilt in 1875, today anchored by a James Braid-designed golf course whose clubhouse restaurant is confirmed open to golfers and non-golfers alike
england · Warwickshire — near Coventry
Coombe Abbey
Warwickshire's largest medieval abbey, where a plot to kidnap a future queen during the Gunpowder Plot unfolded — its 500-acre Capability Brown park is entirely free to visit, no ticket required
england · North Yorkshire — near Tadcaster
Hazlewood Castle
Held by the Vavasour family for more than 900 years, with priest holes and an escape tunnel built to hide Catholic clergy — its 1286 chapel now open on real guided history tours
england · Northumberland — near Hexham
Langley Castle
'Possibly the finest tower house in Northumberland,' burned by Henry IV's forces in 1405, ruined for centuries, then restored twice — first by Victorian historians, then into today's Grade I listed hotel
england · County Durham — Chester-le-Street
Lumley Castle
Sir Ralph Lumley's 1389 fortress, later reworked by the celebrated architect Sir John Vanbrugh, free to visit except on exclusive private event dates — and one of the Northeast's leading wedding venues
england · Cheshire — Peckforton Hills
Peckforton Castle
'The last serious fortified house built in England' — Sir George Gilbert Scott's verdict on Anthony Salvin's 1844 medieval fantasy for Cheshire's biggest landowner, now a hotel with a genuine drawbridge
england · Shropshire — near Shrewsbury
Rowton Castle
A Welsh Marches manor rebuilt after border raids, held by one family for nearly 400 years and later renamed for the peer it produced — now a hotel with lunch open to non-residents most days of the week
england · North Yorkshire — near Masham, Yorkshire Dales
Swinton Castle
Known to Booking.com as Swinton Park, this 1695 Georgian house was reinvented as a Gothic castle by two generations of one Yorkshire family — bought back by their descendants in 2000 and converted to a hotel within nine months
england · South Gloucestershire — near Bristol
Thornbury Castle
England's only Tudor castle open as a hotel — begun by a Duke executed for treason, visited by Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and once one of Britain's most celebrated restaurants
england · Cornwall — St Ives
Tregenna Castle
A Georgian merchant's 1774 vision of a castle above St Ives Bay, later bought by the Great Western Railway — today offering non-residents dining, £10 golf and £8 pool access with no membership required
england · County Durham — near Darlington
Walworth Castle
The Hansard family's medieval seat, remodelled for the Jenisons in the Elizabethan era — and the very house where James VI of Scotland stayed en route to becoming James I of England in 1603