Castles

[Redder Lurtz]

As discussed in another thread, castles are fucking ace. They're so much more than ruined buildings. Because there are such reliable records where buildings are concerned we know exactly what happened in and around them, when, who was involved and so on. The Heritage organisations usually do a belting job of providing historic information and just to walk around in one of those thinks and to soak in the stories is always an amazing experience for me, and one which stays with me for ages.

 

What are the best castles you've been to?

 

My favourites would be:

 

Conwy, North Wales:

 

 

Rochester, kent:

 

 

Warwick:

 

[Jairzinho]

 

Used to love going to Bamburgh castle as a kid. The beach was ace as well.

[Fowlers God]

Warwick Castle is boss. Its a whole day out- So much more of an attraction now its owned by Taussads.

[Champ]

I do like a good castle myself. I like the whole spectrum from pretty much near ruins like Helmsley Castle in North Yorkshire (sorry, cant be arsed to find pictures) where you get to wander round pretty much unhindered and you're pretty much left to your own imagination through the likes of Bamburgh (a great shout, Jairzinho, and the walk out to Lindisfarne) to the Warwick Castle type 'experience. Although, having said that, today I'd probably lump for the more ruined variety with a few explanation boards

 

Those pictures of Conwy and Rochester castles look great, Lurtz

[Redder Lurtz]

I do like a good castle myself. I like the whole spectrum from pretty much near ruins like Helmsley Castle in North Yorkshire (sorry, cant be arsed to find pictures) where you get to wander round pretty much unhindered and you're pretty much left to your own imagination through the likes of Bamburgh (a great shout, Jairzinho, and the walk out to Lindisfarne) to the Warwick Castle type 'experience. Although, having said that, today I'd probably lump for the more ruined variety with a few explanation boards

Those pictures of Conwy and Rochester castles look great, Lurtz

 

Is that a direct quote from Melons' book on picking up men?

[dennis tooth]

Time team, Tony Robinson will fuck you up you archeological shithouses of shame!

Have you ever been kicked in the stomach by the toe end of a large yorkshireman in a wide brimmed hat Lurtz? That'd wipe the smirk off your face and no mistake.

[lifetime fan]

This is Blaise 'Castle' in Bristol.

 

 

 

 

It's not that impressive and doesn't actually meet the criteria to be classed as a castle apparently but the grounds are brilliant for walking the dog.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest ShoePiss]

Castles should be in Wales, some areas should also stink of piss

[VladimirIlyich]

[gingerhulk]

Winterfell

[Sweeney287]

My nan and granddad used to take me to loads when I was a kid, great days out.

 

It was always a lottery of we made it as they had an old beaten up green three wheeled van which was very unreliable. I'm sure they knew the AA man by his first name!

[Baldi]

Last month I've been to Carnarfon and Warwick....Warwick was pretty entertaining

[Guest The Big Green Bastard]

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

If anyone's got a spare £10 million lying around.....

 

15 bedroom castle for sale in Catalonia, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

[withnail71]

Within 10 miles of my house i have monmouth castle, raglan castle, goodrich castle, whitecastle, skenfrith castle. I love castles.

[Redder Lurtz]

I'd recommend Skipton too. That there tree was planted in 1659 and is slap bang in the middle of the inner courtyard. Very Minus Tirith.

 

 

Also Lincoln which I like as Lincolnshire is completely flat apart from a smegging great hill in the middle of the city which they built a castle on, so the views on a good day are incredible. It was used as a prison, I think during the C18th and there's some great stuff to see. The cathedral opposite the castle is also pretty ace. Lincoln is well smart.:

 

[Redder Lurtz]

Castles should be in Wales, some areas should also stink of piss

 

You can thank this geezer for the plethora of castles in Wales.

 

 

You must be pissed off with living with no castles over there...

 

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[Paulie Dangerously]

Conwy Castle looks immense!

[Anubis]

At one time this was the favourite castle for kids everywhere.

 

 

[withnail71]

At one time this was the favourite castle for kids everywhere.

 

 

 

Christ ! thats a blast from the past !

[Chairman Meow]

My best mate got married in Bamburgh Castle. It was ace, was December time snowy and all round mega. At least the bits I can remember seemed ace, I was very, very drunk at the time.

 

The Lindisfarne Mead and various Lindisfarne wines had a major impact on my recollections of the weekend.

 

Also of much interest up our way.

 

Warkworth Castle

 

 

Chillingham Castle (supposedly one of the most haunted places in Britain if you believe in that stuff).

 

 

Dunstanburgh Castle

 

 

Alnwick Castle

 

[Champ]

Is Warkworth near a river? I remember watching a programme years ago in which Jack Charlton was talking about Warkworth being one of his favourite places but I have a picture in my head of him down by a river. I've driven by the sign on the A1 loads of times and always think I should go

[VladimirIlyich]

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[Guest ShoePiss]

You can thank this geezer for the plethora of castles in Wales.

 

 

You must be pissed off with living with no castles over there...

 

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Yeah, I remember being told to check out Hearst Castle on the central California coast and discovered this :-

 

Not a castle and not quite 100 years old. The first thing I thought was oh so that's what they did with Wembley's twin towers.

[Iantn]

Loch Leven isn't much as a Castle but it's the gaff that Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in and escaped from. Worth a gander for the boat ride across at least.

 

 

 

Neuschwanstein Castle in Southern Germany is one I wanna go to at some point. Inspiration behind the one Disney used in Sleeping Beauty etc. Some boss photos on it's wiki page listed below but just looks brilliant.

 

 

 

Neuschwanstein Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia