Located between the Eden River and Caldew River, Carlisle Castle is the best preserved castle in Cumbria. During I to IV century on the site was stationed the Roman Luguvalium garrison.
Located on the border of England and Scotland, Carlisle was ruled by Scotland until 1092 and then the control was taken by William II (Rufus), who conquered it with his army. In order to establish his power in Carlisle, he started the building of Carlisle Castle and settled the region with Englishmen.
Since then the castle was rules by many Scottish and English kings. Nowadays, the amazing castle still preserves the ancient glory of all of them. Every king who captured the castle has added his own vision about its fortifications, towers and walls.
The stone citadel with many underground tunnels still hides many secrets and mysteries that your imagination could easily reveal once you are on the site. Due to the constant upgrade of the stronghold it is really unique building that will grab your imagination with medieval knights and battles.
The castle keep is the oldest survival part of the castle, but it’s not the only interesting thing that you can see there. This English Heritage offers many fantastic and powerful towers, barracks, halls, royal house and chapel.
There is also located the Regimental Museum where you can enjoy many different exhibitions on interesting themes, mostly medieval armory and traditions.
Carlisle Castle is among the top English castles and its location on the border with Scotland and the numerous battles because of it make it really more interesting from historical and architectural point of view. Its beauty and power are unbelievable even in our modern world, so you can be sure that you will enjoy it.
