List of Castles in England - Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

See also: Map of castles in Cambridgeshire

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:

  • Aldreth Castle
  • Bourn Castle
  • Burwell Castle
  • Cambridge Castle
  • Castle Camps
  • Cheveley Castle
  • Eaton Socon Castle
  • Ely Castle
  • Huntingdon Castle
  • John O'Gaunt's Castle
  • Maxey Castle
  • Peterborough Castle
  • Woodwalton Castle
Name Type Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes
Buckden Palace Fortified manor house 1201 !13–15th century Fragment Claretian conference centre Renamed Buckden Towers, partly demolished and remnants incorporated with a 19th-century house.
Elton Hall Fortified manor house 1477 !c. 1477 Fragment HH ! Gatehouse survives, incorporated in building of 1662–1689, remodelled and extended in the 18–19th centuries.
Kimbolton Castle Castellated house 1601 !17–18th century Intact School Site of medieval castle, rebuilt and later remodelled by Sir John Vanbrugh 1707–10.
Kirtling Tower Fortified manor house 1530 !c. 1530 Fragment NGS 16th-century gatehouse on supposed site of moated Saxon castle.
Longthorpe Tower Tower house 1263 !1263–1300 Intact EH ! Elaborate scheme of domestic medieval wall paintings.
Northborough Castle Fortified manor house 1330 !1330–40 Fragment Private Gatehouse and hall survive, with 16/17th-century alterations.
Woodcroft Castle Quadrangular castle 1280 !c. 1280 Habitable fragment Private West range of original building survives, with alterations.

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