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Windsor Castle, England

Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. The castle is notable for its long association with the British royal family and for its architecture. The original castle was built in the 11th century after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I, it has been used by succeeding monarchs and it is the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The castle's lavish, early 19th-century State Apartments are architecturally significant, described by art historian Hugh Roberts as "a superb and unrivalled sequence of rooms widely regarded as the finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste". Sources

Donnington Castle

Donnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Sir Richard Abberbury the Elder in 1386 and was bought by Thomas Chaucer before the castle was taken under royal control during the Tudor period. During the First English Civil War the castle was held by the royalist Sir John Boys and withstood an 18-month siege; after the garrison eventually surrendered, Parliament voted to demolish Donnington Castle in 1646. Only the gatehouse survives. The site is under the care of English Heritage and is protected from unauthorised change as a scheduled ancient monument. Sources

The Sham Castle at Newark Park, Gloucestershire, England

The Lake District, England

Chipping Camden Cottage - Cotswolds, England

WARWICK CASTLE - Warwickshire, England.

Mill Gill Falls - Yorkshire Dales, England

Blackmoss Pot, Lake District, England

Bodleian Library, Oxford

Windsor Castle (Rose Garden), Windsor, England Flickr - Photo by Bobrad

Raby Castle, County Durham, England

Birling Gap, East Sussex, England

Abinger Hammer, Surrey, England, UK

Narrow Bridge, Dales Way, England

Kynance Cove - Cornwall, England

Napton Locks - Warwickshire, England

Stonehenge, England, United Kingdom