7 Best Castles and Palaces In Liverpool Near Me | Day Out With The Kids

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    Best Castles and Palaces In Liverpool

    We've rounded up the best castles and palaces in Liverpool in our quest to discover brilliant family attractions and places to visit near you. There are 7 Liverpool castles and palaces to pick from.Alternatively, why not explore some other sightseeing days out nearby, including tourist attractions, or museums and art galleries. Find the perfect places to go with your kids and get out on your next adventure!

    All the castles and palaces we list are rated according to the ages they are suitable for, facilities and whether they are suitable for rainy days or best when the sun is shining.

    Many of the places we list are historic or educational in nature and would be suitable for class trips or as ways to keep the learning up whilst having fun over the school holidays.

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    Sunset at Beeston Castle in Tarporley

    Beeston Castle and Woodland Park(2)

    • Tarporley
    • Indoor and Outdoor
    • Castles and Palaces

    Handsome Beeston Castle in Tarporley, Cheshire is also known locally as The Castle Of The Rock. Active families can climb to the top of this impressi...

    Ages 4+

    22.9 mi

    Outside view of Cholmondeley Castle Gardens in Malpas

    Cholmondeley Castle Gardens

    • Malpas
    • Outdoor
    • Castles and Palaces

    Cholmondeley Castle is a short walk from the very popular Tea Room (producing a variety of food) takes you to the stables and paddocks, where you wil...

    All Ages

    27.1 mi

    Chirk Castle

    Chirk Castle

    • Wrexham
    • Indoor and Outdoor
    • Castles and Palaces

    Explore 700 years of history, in Chirk Castle! Towers, two-level dungeons and murder holes - Chirk Castle has it all. And a curious fact - it’s the o...

    Ages 4+

    33.1 mi

    Wooden guard at Conwy Castle

    Conwy Castle

    • Conwy
    • Indoor and Outdoor
    • Castles and Palaces

    Conwy Castle is a darkly evocative stone fortress oozing an authentic medieval atmosphere which will tease kids' imaginations, a historic site which...

    Ages 4+

    36.3 mi

    Guards at Lancaster Castle

    Lancaster Castle(1)

    • Lancaster
    • Indoor and Outdoor
    • Castles and Palaces

    At Lancaster Castle families are welcome but the use of the building by the court does mean that all access is by guided tour, which might be too lon...

    Ages 4+

    44.8 mi

    Entrance to Beaumaris Castle

    Beaumaris Castle

    • Beaumaris
    • Indoor and Outdoor
    • Castles and Palaces

    Beaumaris Castle on the Island of Anglesey is the great unfinished masterpiece built as one of the 'iron ring' of North Wales castles by the English...

    Ages 9+

    47.2 mi

    Outside view of Penrhyn Castle in Bangor

    Penrhyn Castle

    • Bangor
    • Indoor and Outdoor
    • Castles and Palaces

    Penrhyn Castle is a huge 19th-century neo-Norman castle that straddles Snowdonia and the Menai Strait and is an iconic historical visit for all those...

    Ages 0-12

    48.4 mi

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