Castle (disambiguation)
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Castles are fortified residences built in Europe and the Middle East in the Middle Ages.
Castle or Castles may refer to:
Places
Europe
- Castle (Colchester electoral ward), an electoral ward in Colchester, England
- Castle (District Electoral Area), Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Castle, Bedford, an electoral ward in Bedford, England
- Castle, Cambridge, a district and electoral ward of the city of Cambridge, England
- Castle, Cardiff, an administrative community in the Welsh capital
- Castle, Leicester, an electoral ward in Leicester, England
- Castle, Newcastle upon Tyne, a ward of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Castle, Swansea, an electoral ward in Swansea, Wales
- Newcastle-under-Lyme or Castle
North America
- Castle, Oklahoma, a town in the United States
- Castle Gatehouse, Washington Aqueduct, a 1901 pumping station in Washington, D.C.
- Castle Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone
- Smithsonian Castle, Washington, DC, USA
People
- Castle (surname), a surname (and list of people with that name)
Art, entertainment, and media
Games
- Castle (card game), designed by Bruno Faidutti and Serge Laget
- Castle (shogi), a defensive structure used in shogi (Japanese chess)
- Castles (video game), released by Interplay in 1991
- Castling, a move in chess involving the king and rook
- Rook (chess) or castle, a chess piece
- The Castle (video game), an MSX game released by ASCII Corporation in 1986
Literature
- Castle (book), a 1978 book by David Macaulay
- Castle (novel), a 2000 novel by Garth Nix
Music
Other art, entertainment, and media
- Castle (Chuck), a fictional secret government installation in the TV series Chuck
- Castle (TV series), a 2009 American television series starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic
Companies
- Castle (company), a British loudspeaker manufacturer
- Castle Air, a British helicopter charter and sales company
- Castle Building Centres Group Ltd., Canadian retailers of lumber and building materials
- Castle Communications, a record label
- Castle Technology, a British computer company based in Cambridge
Vessels
- Castle class corvettes, the follow on to the Flower class corvette of World War Two
- USS Castle (DD-720), a planned United States Navy destroyer laid down in 1945 but never completed
Other uses
- Aftercastle (or aftcastle, castle, or sterncastle), the stern structure behind the mizzenmast and above the transom on large sailing ships
- Castle Project, an application framework for the .Net platform
- Forecastle (or castle), the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast
- GWR 4073 Class, the "Castle" class of steam locomotive
- Operation Castle, a series of nuclear tests conducted in 1954
- University College, Durham or Castle
See also
- Castle House (disambiguation)
- Castle River (disambiguation)
- Castle-class (disambiguation)
- The Castle (disambiguation)
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