7 of England’s most glorious castles - according to Wanderlust Magazine....

I think the most glorious thing about Lincoln Castle is the view across to the cathedral, which continued to amaze me throughout the ten years I lived in the city.

And the Magna Carta and the weird isolation chapel, obvs.

The wall walk is great and especially the view of the Cathedral. I've always been intrigued by the Victorian prison chapel too...

Hmmm. If it's supposed to be a list of the most-visited/most well-known, I'm surprised that the Tower of London isn't on it due to its age and historical significance. If I was to guess, "glorious" might be because of the scenic settings of the 7 listed?

While we're on the subject, maybe some of our UK members can answer me this? I've always wondered how Highclere can be classified as a 'castle'? As far as I've been able to find, it was never originally built with any of the fortifications (curtain walls, moats, traditional crenellations, keeps, portcullises, etc.) required - or I thought were required - to be defined as one?

Anyone’s allowed to called their house a castle, even if it isn’t actually a castle. It’s just its name.

From Lady Carnarvon’s official website:

In fact, even the building’s name is a misnomer. Highclere Castle is most certainly not an ancient fortified stone building – the word castle was simply used as a reference to its size and decorative style. In fact, originally, Sir Charles Barry, the architect who created this latest version of Highclere, called it a palace.

Well, I've been to 5 out of 7—Leeds, Dover, Warwick and Windsor. I definitely need to get to Lincoln Castle as that looks magnificent!

And how have I missed this website? There are some really interesting articles in here—thanks, wasleys!

Definitely get yourself to Lincoln, Mardee. It has one of the absolute finest cathedrals in England.

Having been to 6 of them (yet to visit Lincoln) I'm surprised that Tintagel made the list. Yes it is in an evocative location but you really have to put your imagination into overdrive and for that reason I fail to see how it can be described as one of England's "most glorious castles".

My favourite on the list has to be a toss up between Dover and Carisbrooke.

Nothing in Northern England (I’m sorry, but calling Lincoln northern doesn’t cut it for me, although I’m sure it all depends on your perspective) and I can think of a load north of the Humber at least as good as those featured. Some south of it too! And yes, the absence of the Tower of London is a bit odd, so I suppose we can excuse the selection as subjective and by no means definitive!

Don't forget that there were loads of castles in Wales:>https://www.visitwales.com/things-do/attractions/castles-and-heritage/10-great-castles-wales-visit

I'll stand on my soapbox and yell until Bodiam Castle makes it to everyone's must-see list.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/bodiam-castle

Golden Girl, I definitely will! And I obviously can’t count. I’ve seen four out of seven castles, not five.

I have visited 5 of the 7, though Lincoln was so long ago it warrants another visit. Stunning! We'll be on the Isle of Wight in September and seeing Carisbrooke Castle. I'm also curious as to the criteria for making the list. The Tower of London is certainly "glorious" in my opinion. And we are very fond of Skipton. I think Wales needs its own list!

Memory Seekers has a castles playlist.

I’ve been to zero of the castles on the list. I can’t take a list of castles seriously that misses out all of Northumberland. Surely those castles are the best ones.

James - I immediately thought of all the Welsh castles but realised the article said English castles, so dropped the idea as I didn’t want to be pursued by hordes of Welsh folk shouting at me that “Wales isn’t part of England!”, possibly in Welsh (which on reflection might also have been counter productive!).

Helen - you’d think one or two of them would have made the list. That said it’s a tad ‘south of the Severn - Wash divide’ list!

If it was up to me to make a must-see castle list:

• England-all of them.
• Wales-all of them.
• France-all of them.
• Etc, etc.

My name is Allan and I'm a castleholic.

I can’t take a list of castles seriously that misses out all of Northumberland. Surely those castles are the best ones.

Helen, that's true. So many incredible castles there like Bamburgh Castle and Dunstanburgh. I did love Craigside as well, but that's probably not considered a castle.

Allan, that made me laugh, but I know the feeling!