Edlingham Castle is the ruins of a fortified house located in Northumberland near the Scottish border. The castle ruins today include walls of a tower and an interior cobbled courtyard that was enclosed with a wall. The house included two storeys and was built on its own but later defended with a multi-storey "solar tower" and a wall built around it due to groups of raiders along this area on the English-Scottish border. The castle dates from the 1300s and was inhabited until the 1600s.
Edlingham Castle is located down a path from St. John the Baptist church in Edlingham. The castle is located about a five minute walk down a gradual slope.
The courtyard of the castle had various buildings such as a bakehouse and brewhouse and probably other workhouses.
Edlingham is in a valley, but the views from the tops of the hills nearby are spectacular.
Edlingham Castle is maintained by English Heritage, and there is no fee to visit the castle. There is very limited parking at the site, but visitors can park near the fence or on the curbs in the village.
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