Carisbrooke Castle

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Carisbrooke Castle (this page)

Osborne House

 

 

 

 

 

An English Heritage site, well worth exploring in the centre of the Isle of Wight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View from the battlements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Behind me is the Bowling Green, created to keep Charles I entertained while imprisoned here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bedroom where Charles I tried to escape, but got stuck in the window. British history might have been totally changed if he had managed to squeeze through the windows!