Castles in South East England Information about castles in South East England, including Arundel Castle, Bodiam Castle, Calshot Castle, Carisbrooke Castle, Deal Castle, Dover Castle, Fort Brockhurst, Hastings Castle, Herstmonceux Castle, Hever Castle, Leeds Castle, Pevensey Castle, Windsor Castle,Yarmouth Castle and castles in,Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire
Arundel Castle, situated in magnificent grounds overlooking the River Arun was built at the end of the 11th century by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel. It has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Arundel for over seven hundred years. Amongst its treasures are portraits by Van Dyck, Gainsborough and Reynolds.
Herstmonceux is renowned for its magnificent moated castle, set in beautiful parkland and superb Elizabethan gardens. Built originally as a country home in the mid- 15th - century, Herstmonceux Castle embodies the history of Medieval England and the romance of Renaissance Europe.
Described by Lord Conway as 'the loveliest Castle in the world', this historic moated castle surrounded by 500 acres of beautifully landscaped parkland is situated in the heart of the Kent countryside. Enjoy a fine collection of historic furnishings, paintings and tapestries inside the Castle, and then wander through the formal gardens.
Visitors to Oxford Castle - Unlocked will learn about the real people and events from the sites turbulent past: the first Oxford teachings, the owners, visionaries, activists and inmates. People like Marshall William Smith, the King's prison keeper, who in the 1600s made Oxford Prison as feared and as notorious as Colditz; Mary Blandy a convicted murderess, who became an 18th century celebrity; Jack Ketch, the public executioner and the man on whom the Punch & Judy hangman character was modelled; and Anne Green, who survived her own hanging and narrowly escaped being anatomised by an Oxford medical student in 1650!
