The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

Kentmere Hall Nr Kendal Cumbria Kentmere Tower can be found about 12 miles North of Kendal, at the end of the Kentmere valley from wher...

Melmerby Hall Melmerby Cumbria The small village of Melmerby can be found about six miles North East of Penrith on the A686. The church of c...

Here are a few more views of Kendal Castle, a site that seems to change with each day!! Below, a view of the main hall from within the confi...

Towers in Frejus France Sandwiched between St Raphael to the North East, and Saint Aygulf to the South West, and some twenty kilometres to t...

Low Hall Little Strickland Cumbria Although only a tentative possibility of a fortified building exists here, I thought it would be good to ...

As I have managed to visit around 150 churches in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and North Lancashire, it is only right that these buildings get t...

Warton Old Rectory Warton Lancashire Autumn 2008 sees me re-visiting Warton Old Rectory, a rare medieval stone house situated in Warton, jus...

Chester City Gates Chester Cheshire All of the old medieval gates in Chester have unfortunately been removed. All that we are left with, are...

Chester City Walls Chester Cheshire The city wall walk at Chester is easily walkable in under two hours....time enough to walk the whole cir...