castles

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Walk: Brigsteer Woods, Cumbria

Dunnottar Castle, Aberdeenshire

Walk: Dunnottar Castle, Aberdeenshire

Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

Drive: Welsh Marches castle route

Pendragon Castle

Walk: Mallerstang, Cumbria

Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire

Day out: Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire

Loch Leven, Scotland

Day out: Loch Leven, Perthshire

Garden at Packwood House

Guide to the Midlands: best villages to visit, country houses and places to eat and stay

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Walk: Harlech to Llandecwyn, Gwynedd

Bamburgh Castle and reflection in Bamburgh Beach tidal pools, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Guide to Britain’s castles: history and best to visit

Castle with an owl

Britain’s most haunted castles

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Walk: Gwydir Castle, Llanrwst, Conwy

The ruined, medieval Harbottle Castle is situated on a mound in the Coquetdale Valley, Northumberland

Walk: Alwinton and Harbottle, Northumberland

Dunster Castle, Somerset

Walk: Dunster, Somerset

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Walk: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire

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Discover the tranquil hills and valleys of Herefordshire