Best Walled Towns

How many walled towns do you know of? Some town walls have been preserved as visually striking monuments. Others are intact but completely hidden within the fabric of the modern town. Some are just a few relic stretches of ramparts or a solitary gate. Some are even abandoned but preserved settlements. Here is our list to get you going.

Republic of Ireland

Ardee County Louth

Athenry County Galway

Athlone County Westmeath

Bandon County Cork

Carlingford County Louth

Cashel County Tipperary

Clonmel County Tipperary

CorkCounty Cork

Drogheda County Louth

Fethard County Tipperary

Dublin County Dublin

Galway County Galway

Kilkenny County Kilkenny

Kilmallock

Limerick County Limerick

New Ross County Wexford

Rinn Dunn / Lecarrow County Roscommon

Trim County Meath

Waterford County Waterford

Wexford County Wexford

Youghal

Northern Ireland

Coleraine

Carrickfergus

Derry Londonderry

Scotland

Dundee

Edinburgh

Stirling

St Andrews

England

Alnwick

Bath

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Bridgnorth

Bristol

Canterbury

Carlisle

Chester

Chichester

Colchester

Coventry

Durham

Exeter

Great Yarmouth

Hartlepool

Hereford

Kingston upon Hull

Leicester

Lincoln

London

Ludlow

Newcastle upon Tyne

Norwich

Oxford

Rochester, Kent

Rye

Salisbury

Shrewsbury Silchester

Southampton

Wallingford

Wareham

Warwick

Winchelsea

Winchester

Worcester

York

Wales

Aberystwyth

Beaumaris

Brecon

Caerleon (Isca Augusta)

Caerwent (Venta Silurum)

Caernarfon

Cardiff

Cardigan

Chepstow – Port Wall

Cowbridge

Conwy

Denbigh

Hay on Wye

Kenfig

Kidwelly

Monmouth

Montgomery

Tenby

Pembroke

Radnor