Castle elopements and small weddings

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

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

Level 5 True Castle

Freswick Castle

Freswick, near Wick, Caithness

A 16th-century Sinclair and Mowat tower house, recast as a mansion in the late 18th century and Category A listed. Guests sleep inside the historic house, in six bedrooms.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Golf

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

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

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

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Lews Castle

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides

A mansion built from 1847 to 1854 in Gothic Revival and Baronial style for a private owner, with no defensive history. Apartments occupy the upper floors of that historic building.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed

3-star · Guests 9.1/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Dalmunzie Castle Hotel

Spittal of Glenshee, Perthshire

The hotel's own site dates the building to 1510 as a Laird's mansion, now shown in Scots Baronial style with turrets, a look usually added later.

• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant
• Family rooms

3-star · Guests 8.5/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Glenskirlie Castle Hotel

Banknock, Stirlingshire

A purpose-built castle-style building completed in 2007, designed to look like a 16th-century Scottish castle, with no defensive history. Bedrooms are inside this modern castle building.

Sleep inside the walls

• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 8.4/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Amberley Castle

Amberley, West Sussex

A genuine medieval castle licensed in 1377, but Civil War damage in 1643 meant much of today's fabric is a later rebuild. Some bedrooms sit inside the old walls, others in later buildings.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 8.3/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Otterburn Castle

Otterburn, Northumberland

A Grade II listed castellated country house rebuilt after 1830, incorporating an 18th-century house, with a 1904 tower added. No defensive history survives in the current fabric.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• EV charging
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 8.2/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Forter Castle

Kirkton of Glenisla, Angus

A 16th-century tower house stood roofless for about 350 years before a full 1988 to 1990 rebuild. You sleep inside the old walls, but the floors, roof and interiors are modern.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Family rooms

Exclusive-use castle

Buittle Castle

Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway

The Baron's Bedchamber sits on the second floor of the main tower, and the castle says the neighbouring room once held Mary, Queen of Scots.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Hot tub

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

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Bickleigh Castle

Bickleigh, Tiverton, Devon

A medieval fortified manor site with a moat and a Saxon chapel, according to the hotel. Overnight guests stay in three Grade II listed cottages on the estate, not inside the main historic building.

Rooms outside the historic walls

• Hot tub
• Family rooms

2-star · Guests 7.0/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Bickleigh Castle

Bickleigh, near Tiverton, Devon

A Norman castle site with a Grade I listed gatehouse. Guests sleep in cottages and thatched buildings on the estate, not inside the historic fortifications.

Rooms outside the historic walls

• Dogs allowed