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Every day out, collected.
Check in at over 600 castles, country houses, gardens, abbeys and stretches of coast across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each one goes into your journal, and the badges pile up as you go.
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↖ free, and no sign-up needed to start
Go somewhere. Write it down.
No planning spreadsheets, no paper passports going soft in the glovebox. Just turn up, check in, and watch the map fill in.
1.
Arrive
The map shows every place near you, from a ruined priory down the lane to the castle on the hill.
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2.
Check in
Once you're on site, tap check in. The pin turns from pencil to ink, and the place is yours.
3.
Collect
Every visit counts towards badges. Earn one and it's stamped into your journal.
643 places to find.
Grand houses and tiny chapels, Neolithic stones and Victorian mills, sea cliffs and open fell. Every one is waiting to be collected.
housescastles
gardens
abbeys
ancient
mills & mines
heritage
coast
countryside
67 badges
From Castle Collector to Castle King.
Ladders for every kind of place, every region and every season, plus a few one-offs for the properly determined.
- See how close you are to each badge
- …and the nearest place that counts towards it
- Visit a favourite in all four seasons
- Reach all four corners of the map
Castle Hoarder15 castles
Green Fingers20 gardens
Three NationsEngland, Wales, NI
Island Hopper5 of 7 islands
Turn of the Yearall four seasons
Cymru Gyfanall of Wales
Grist to the Mill8 working mills
Wayfarerall 643. Good luck.A year of days out, in one place.
Every visit is written up by month and season, with the badges it earned. It's the scrapbook you always meant to keep.
October · autumn
Sat 4thFountains Abbey · YorkshirePilgrim ★
Sun 12thStourhead · Wiltshire
Sat 18thCorfe Castle · DorsetCastle Collector ★
September · late summer
Mon 1stGiant's Causeway · Co. AntrimThree Nations ★
Sat 13thPowis Castle · Powys
Your first place is closer than you think.
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