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
Historic Walled Towns 