Castles of England/Hampshire
There are a number of notable castles in Hampshire.
Name |
Type |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes (Key |
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Calshot Castle | Artillery fort | 16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Altered 18–20th centuries, in use until 1961. |
Hurst Castle | Artillery fort | 16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Repaired and refortified 19th century. |
Netley Castle | Artillery fort | 16–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Convalescent home | Remodelled and extended 1885–90. |
Odiham Castle | Shell keep and bailey | Early 13th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() Local authority |
Built by King John. | |
Portchester Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–12th century | Extensive ruins | ![]() |
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Built within surviving walls of Roman fort of the Saxon Shore. |
Southampton Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Fragments | ![]() |
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North bailey wall survives. |
Southsea Castle | Artillery fort | 16th century | Rebuilt | ![]() Local authority |
Altered several times. | |
Warblington Castle | Fortified manor house | 16th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
Private | Remains of possibly fortified building besieged during the Civil War and subsequently destroyed, on site of earlier fortified manor house. |
Winchester Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–13th century | Fragment | ![]() Local authority |
Great hall survives, reroofed in 1873. | |
Wolvesey Castle | Castle | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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