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The 8 stops fall in 6 parts of Britain, and the two furthest apart, Crown Jewels and Stirling Castle, are about 573 km apart in a straight line. Treat it as a menu rather than one journey: pick the stops in one or two destinations and give each a day or more.

• Edinburgh (1 stop): Edinburgh Castle. Edinburgh guide.
• London (1 stop): Crown Jewels. London guide.
• York (1 stop): Clifford's Tower. York guide.
• Oxford (1 stop): Oxford Castle and Prison. Oxford guide.
• Cambridge (1 stop): Castle Mound. Cambridge guide.
• Outside our city guides (3 stops): Warwick Castle, Stirling Castle and Alnwick Castle.

To travel between destinations, see getting between regions and our rail tickets guide. For weather and daylight by month, see when to go to Edinburgh, London, York, Oxford or Cambridge. Opening times change with the seasons, so check each stop's own website before you set out.

Access and family notes come from the same data as our area guides: 1 of the 8 stops is reported as fully or partly step-free, and 0 are marked family-friendly. Reports come from venues or OpenStreetMap contributors, so confirm with the place before you travel.