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Castle hotels · Luxury

Luxury castle hotels in the UK

This page lists castle stays with a five-star classification, or four stars and a guest rating of 9 or more out of 10 on Booking.com.

We use a stated rule rather than a feeling, so you can check why a castle is here.

On our Castle Authenticity Scale that breaks down as seven true castles, 13 castle-style mansions, one tower, fort or folly, three castle estate stays, one historic house, two castles in name only and four still being checked.

The list: 31 stays

Level 5 True Castle

Barcaldine Castle

Benderloch, Argyll

An L-plan tower house built in 1601 to 1609 as a military outpost. All six guest rooms are inside the historic castle building.

Sleep inside the walls

EV charging

5-star · Guests 9.8/10

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Level 5 True Castle

Roch Castle

Roch, Pembrokeshire

A Grade I listed castle first built around 1200 to 1270. All six named bedrooms are inside the original castle structure.

Sleep inside the walls

EV charging

5-star · Guests 9.7/10

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Level 5 True Castle

Menstrie Castle Stay

Menstrie, Clackmannanshire

A 17th-century courtyard house, Category A listed. All three self-catering apartments are inside the historic castle walls.

Sleep inside the walls

Dogs allowed
Family rooms

4-star · Guests 9.5/10

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Level 5 True Castle

Thornbury Castle

Thornbury, South Gloucestershire

A Tudor castle begun around 1511 for Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham. Guests sleep in the historic inner court, including tower suites reached by the original spiral stair.

Sleep inside the walls

Dogs allowed
Restaurant
Family rooms

5-star · Guests 9.5/10

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Level 5 True Castle

Crossbasket Castle

High Blantyre, South Lanarkshire

A 16th-century tower with a 19th-century house added, category A listed. Some bedrooms are inside that historic fabric.

Some rooms inside the walls

Dogs allowed
Restaurant
Family rooms

5-star · Guests 9.2/10

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Level 5 True Castle

Ballygally Castle

Ballygally, Larne, County Antrim

A 17th-century Scottish-style tower house, Grade A listed. Four Tower Rooms sit inside the original building; most rooms are in a later wing.

Some rooms inside the walls

EV charging
Restaurant
Family rooms

4-star · Guests 9.0/10

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Level 5 True Castle

Langley Castle

Hexham, Northumberland

A mid-14th-century tower house, Grade I listed. Nine bedrooms are inside the castle itself; other rooms are in separate estate buildings.

Some rooms inside the walls

Dogs allowed
EV charging
Restaurant

4-star · Guests 9.0/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Branxholme Castle

Hawick, Scottish Borders

A category A listed 16th-century tower house heavily altered and incorporated into a later mansion remodelled in 1837. It is not confirmed which part the two guest suites are in.

Family rooms

4-star · Guests 9.8/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Glenapp Castle

Ballantrae, South Ayrshire

Built in 1870 as a Scottish Baronial mansion by architect David Bryce, with no earlier defensive structure on the site. Guests sleep in the mansion or a garden cottage, not a medieval fortress.

Some rooms inside the walls

Dogs allowed
Spa
Restaurant

5-star · Guests 9.5/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Cringletie House

Peebles, Scottish Borders

Rebuilt around 1863 by architect David Bryce with corner turrets in his baronial style, replacing a 1666 house, with no defensive history. Most bedrooms are in this Victorian house.

Some rooms inside the walls

Dogs allowed
EV charging
Restaurant

4-star · Guests 9.3/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Sneaton Castle

Whitby, North Yorkshire

A castellated house built around 1830 for James Wilson, with no earlier defensive history. Some rooms sit in the original house, others in a 1914 priory extension.

Some rooms inside the walls

Restaurant

4-star · Guests 9.3/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Augill Castle

Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria

A Grade II listed house in castellated Gothick style, started in 1841. It was built as a grand house, not a defensive castle, and guests sleep inside it.

Some rooms inside the walls

EV charging
Restaurant
Family rooms

4-star · Guests 9.2/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Portmeirion Village & Castell Deudraeth

Porthmadog, Gwynedd, North Wales

Castell Deudraeth is a house castellated in the 1840s, not a defensive castle. Only its 11 rooms sit inside the castellated building; other rooms are elsewhere in the village.

Some rooms inside the walls

Pool
EV charging
Restaurant

4-star · Guests 9.2/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

The Culloden Estate and Spa

Holywood, County Down

Built in 1876 in Scottish Baronial style as a bishop's palace, not a defensive castle. Guests sleep in a hotel built around this 19th-century house.

Spa
Pool
Restaurant

5-star · Guests 9.2/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Cornhill Castle

Coulter, near Biggar, South Lanarkshire

Built in 1871 by architect William Leiper for Alexander Kay in a French Chateau style, with no defensive history. Guests sleep in the Victorian mansion or in separate garden lodges.

Some rooms inside the walls

Restaurant
Family rooms

4-star · Guests 9.0/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Schloss Roxburghe Golf Resort

Heiton, near Kelso, Scottish Borders

A Category B Scottish Jacobean mansion built in 1853, with no defensive history. Most bedrooms are in later wings, though 20 rooms are in the original house.

Some rooms inside the walls

Dogs allowed
Golf

5-star · Guests 8.9/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Inverlochy Castle Hotel

Torlundy, Fort William, Highland

A 19th-century Scottish castle, built as a private house rather than a fortification. Some rooms are inside the castle, others in a converted stable block nearby.

Some rooms inside the walls

Dogs allowed
Restaurant
Family rooms

5-star · Guests 8.8/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Fonab Castle Hotel

Pitlochry, Perthshire

A Scottish Baronial mansion built in 1892 as a private house. Some bedrooms are in the historic building, others in separate lodges.

Some rooms inside the walls

Dogs allowed
Spa
Pool

5-star · Guests 8.5/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Château Rhianfa

Menai Bridge, Anglesey (Ynys Môn)

A Victorian house built from 1849 to 1851 in French chateau style, not a defensive castle. Some rooms are in the original house, others in separate lodge and cottage buildings.

Some rooms inside the walls

Restaurant

5-star · Guests 8.4/10

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Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Dalnaglar Castle

Cray, Perthshire, Angus & Dundee

A mid-Victorian baronial house built in 1864, listed as a Category C curiosity rather than a real fortification. Guests hiring the castle sleep inside this 19th-century building.

Sleep inside the walls

Dogs allowed

5-star

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Exclusive-use castle

Spedlins Castle

Templand, Dumfries & Galloway

Dogs allowed

4-star

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Castle hotel

Melville Castle

Lasswade, Midlothian

Melville Castle sits on a 54-acre estate in Lasswade, Midlothian, with 33 bedrooms and grounds where Mary Queen of Scots reportedly once stayed.

Dogs allowed
Restaurant
Family rooms

4-star · Guests 9.0/10

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Castle hotel

Kinnettles Hotel & Spa

St. Andrews, Fife

Spa
Hot tub
Restaurant

5-star · Guests 7.8/10

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Exclusive-use castle

Machermore Castle

Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway

Machermore Castle is offered as an exclusive-use rental with 10 bedrooms across the main castle and an annexe, on 30 acres beside the River Cree.

Some rooms inside the walls

5-star

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Level 3 Tower, Fort & Folly

The Water Castle

Wall Houses, near Corbridge, Northumberland

A castellated 1860s water tower converted into a holiday cottage. Guests sleep inside the whole of the historic tower.

Sleep inside the walls

EV charging

4-star

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Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Hever Castle Luxury Bed and Breakfast

Edenbridge, Kent

Bedrooms sit in the Astor Wing and Anne Boleyn Wing, Edwardian additions from 1903, not inside the medieval castle itself.

Rooms outside the historic walls

EV charging
Family rooms

5-star · Guests 9.6/10

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Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Leeds Castle Stable Courtyard Bed and Breakfast

Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, Kent

Bedrooms in the Stable Courtyard on the Leeds Castle estate, not inside the Grade I listed castle itself, which guests can visit during the day.

Rooms outside the historic walls

Dogs allowed
Restaurant

4-star · Guests 9.2/10

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Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Cardigan Castle

Cardigan, Ceredigion

A medieval castle site restored as a heritage attraction. Guests sleep in Georgian buildings within the grounds, such as Castle Green House, not in the medieval castle walls.

Rooms outside the historic walls

Restaurant
Family rooms

5-star · Guests 9.1/10

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Level 1 Historic House

Bovey Castle

Moretonhampstead, Devon

A Grade II* listed Edwardian mansion, not a historic castle. The castle name was adopted after it became a hotel.

Some rooms inside the walls

Dogs allowed
Spa
Pool

5-star · Guests 8.6/10

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Level 0 Castle in Name Only

Green Castle

Llangain, Carmarthenshire

Castle in name only: Green Castle is a modern holiday cottage. The ruin in its garden, known as Castell Moel, is a collapsed 16th or 17th-century house, not a defensive castle, and guests do not sleep in it.

Rooms outside the historic walls

Dogs allowed
Hot tub

4-star

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Level 0 Castle in Name Only

Le Petit Chateau & William de Percy

Otterburn, Northumberland & the North East

Castle in name only: the hotel's own site describes a French-themed gastropub and bed and breakfast in a former coaching inn, with no historic castle or chateau building and no heritage listing found.

Rooms outside the historic walls

Dogs allowed

5-star · Guests 8.5/10

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31 stays on a map.

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Compare at a glance

Filter any column, or click a heading to sort. Guest ratings are from Booking.com (September 2026).



Barcaldine Castle	5 True Castle	Argyll & the Isles	Sleep inside the walls	5-star	9.8	No
Roch Castle	5 True Castle	West Wales & Pembrokeshire	Sleep inside the walls	5-star	9.7	No
Menstrie Castle Stay	5 True Castle	Stirling, Loch Lomond & the Trossachs	Sleep inside the walls	4-star	9.5	Yes
Thornbury Castle	5 True Castle	Somerset & Bath	Sleep inside the walls	5-star	9.5	Yes
Crossbasket Castle	5 True Castle	Glasgow & the Clyde Valley	Some rooms inside the walls	5-star	9.2	Yes
Ballygally Castle	5 True Castle	Northern Ireland	Some rooms inside the walls	4-star	9.0	No
Langley Castle	5 True Castle	Northumberland & the North East	Some rooms inside the walls	4-star	9.0	Yes
Branxholme Castle	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Scottish Borders	-	4-star	9.8	No
Glenapp Castle	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Ayrshire & Arran	Some rooms inside the walls	5-star	9.5	Yes
Cringletie House	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Edinburgh & the Lothians	Some rooms inside the walls	4-star	9.3	Yes
Sneaton Castle	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Yorkshire	Some rooms inside the walls	4-star	9.3	No
Augill Castle	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Cumbria & the Lake District	Some rooms inside the walls	4-star	9.2	No
Portmeirion Village & Castell Deudraeth	4 Castle-Style Mansion	North Wales	Some rooms inside the walls	4-star	9.2	No
The Culloden Estate and Spa	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Northern Ireland	-	5-star	9.2	No
Cornhill Castle	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Glasgow & the Clyde Valley	Some rooms inside the walls	4-star	9.0	No
Schloss Roxburghe Golf Resort	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Scottish Borders	Some rooms inside the walls	5-star	8.9	Yes
Inverlochy Castle Hotel	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Highlands & Islands	Some rooms inside the walls	5-star	8.8	Yes
Fonab Castle Hotel	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Perthshire, Angus & Dundee	Some rooms inside the walls	5-star	8.5	Yes
Château Rhianfa	4 Castle-Style Mansion	North Wales	Some rooms inside the walls	5-star	8.4	No
Dalnaglar Castle	4 Castle-Style Mansion	Perthshire, Angus & Dundee	Sleep inside the walls	5-star	-	Yes
Spedlins Castle	-	Dumfries & Galloway	-	4-star	-	Yes
Melville Castle	-	Edinburgh & the Lothians	-	4-star	9.0	Yes
Kinnettles Hotel & Spa	-	Fife	-	5-star	7.8	No
Machermore Castle	-	Dumfries & Galloway	Some rooms inside the walls	5-star	-	No
The Water Castle	3 Tower, Fort & Folly		Sleep inside the walls	4-star	-	No
Hever Castle Luxury Bed and Breakfast	2 Castle Estate Stay	Kent	Rooms outside the historic walls	5-star	9.6	No
Leeds Castle Stable Courtyard Bed and Breakfast	2 Castle Estate Stay	Kent	Rooms outside the historic walls	4-star	9.2	Yes
Cardigan Castle	2 Castle Estate Stay	Mid Wales	Rooms outside the historic walls	5-star	9.1	No
Bovey Castle	1 Historic House	Devon	Some rooms inside the walls	5-star	8.6	Yes
Green Castle	0 Castle in Name Only	West Wales & Pembrokeshire	Rooms outside the historic walls	4-star	-	Yes
Le Petit Chateau & William de Percy	0 Castle in Name Only	Northumberland & the North East	Rooms outside the historic walls	5-star	8.5	Yes

Questions

How do you decide which castle hotels count as luxury?

We use a fixed rule: a five-star classification, or four stars together with a guest rating of at least 9 out of 10 on Booking.com at the time of our last data check. The rule says nothing about history, so read the level on each card as well.