Benington Castle

Benington Castle is a Norman castle ruin in the village of Benington near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, protected as both a Scheduled Monument and a Grade I listed building — the highest designations English Heritage applies. The castle likely dates to the decades following the Norman Conquest of 1066, with surviving remains including sections of the keep's walls. The site is set within a landscaped garden that frames the medieval stonework with maintained lawns and borders, creating an atmospheric contrast of ruin and cultivated English countryside.