The Castle Guide – a selection of castles from around the UK
There are now over 1100 Scottish castles in this guide, over 300 Welsh castles, all sorted alphabetically. Please use the search box below to select a castle name, country, a clan or family name, or a town to see what’s within a few miles. Just type in your search term, select what you are searching by, and away you go!
Wedderburn Castle, occupied C18 mansion of the Wedderburns replacing earlier tower and courtyard, available as a venue
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NT808529
Wedderlie House, privately occupied C16 tower of the Edgars, extended C17-C18; ruined late C19 and restored C20
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NT640515
Weetwood Hall is amn 18th century house hiding the remnants of a tower dating at least as far back as the 15th century, when it had an L-plan. This can only be seen from inside.
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NU01662973
Welton Hall is a farm containing the tall ruin of an old tower house which can be seen from the road. The house itself hides remains of an old hall house, suggesting the tower might have started out as a solar.
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NZ06546759
Wemyss Castle, C15 tower of the Wemyss family extended C16-C20 to form privately occupied mansion
- Closest To: West Weems,East Weems,Kirkcaldy,Glenrothes,Methil
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NT329951
Wentlloog Castle, e/w of ditched motte & ?lost bailey near church part surrounded by housing
- Closest To: Wales
- Access: Occasional Access
- Grid Reference: ST251835
Weobley Castle, ruined C14 castle of de Beres extended C15 + part abandoned C16
- Access: Chargeable Public Access
Wern Y Cwrt Motte, e/w of formerly ditched motte on sloping site near church and holy well
- Closest To: Wales
- Access: Occasional Access
- Grid Reference: SO394088
West Bitchfield Tower is a much extended tower of the 14th century now forming part of a much larger house, which may have contemporary remnants within it, but dates to at least the 16th century.
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NZ09067705
West Lilburn Tower–Proctor’s Tower
West Lilburn Tower is a ruined square tower standing in a field between the later manor house and a ruined church. There were two Lilburn towers - this was the one held by the Proctor family, that held by the Ogles has vanished, probably beneath the massive 19th century mansion.
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NU02182414
West Wemyss Castle, ruins of C15/16 tower house of Wemyss family, ?abandoned C18. Not to be confused with Wemyss Castle
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT319947
Wester Kames Castle, privately occupied C16 tower house of the Spense family rebuilt C19
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NS061680
Westerhall, privately occupied and much remodelled C16 tower, extended C18 and 19, remodelled C19&C20 after fires
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NY319893
Westhall, privately occupied tower house of the Gordons & Hornes altered & much extended C19
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NJ673266
Westhall Farm Tower, ruins of ?C16 tower of the Grahams, Hepburns, Douglases & Lockharts on farm
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT048472
Westnewton Castle was a small defended courtyard with a hall at the west end flanked by two towers. Today it is nothing but overgrown humps in a field, with faint ditches and sections of an internal bank indicative of outer enclosed areas, probably gardens.
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NY131438
Whalton Tower was a tower house erected in perhaps the 15th century which has been repeatedly extended and incorporated into a much larger mansion.
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NZ13108136
Wharton Hall is a large hall complex of the 15th century with a walled courtyard and gatehouse. The great hall and gatehouse are in ruins, other parts of the building are occupied, and the old tower was modified when the hall buildings were extended in teh 16th century.
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NY771062
Whistleberry Castle, ruins of tower and courtyard of fortified promontory site believed to be C16
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NO861753
Whitchurch Motte, site of barrow reused as motte & ?tower destroyed C20; occupied by housing
- Closest To: Wales
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: ST156804
White Castle, ruins of large C12 royal castle extended by Burghs C13 ruined by C16
- Access: Free Public Access
Whitefield Castle, ruined C16 tower house of the Spaldings abandoned and partially demolished C19 to build farm
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NO090617
Whitehall moat is a roughly square earhwork consisting of a ditch with a raised internal platform, and external bank. There are hints of an outer ditch to the east showing on LIDAR, suggesting a larger structure than just a hall on the platform.
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NY202413
Whitehall Allhallows probably succeeded the moat to the south, and the oldest part is a tower dated to perhaps the 14th century. It was extended and modified, fell into disrepair and part demolished. Today it is a private home.
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NY20154160
Whitekirk, C16 tower and courtyard of Sinclairs converted to tithe barn C17 with extensions. Available to let
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NT596816