A 12th century castle in the market town of Framlingham in Suffolk, once owned by Mary Tudor and later used by Elizabeth I as a prison for priests who defied the Church of England. More recently it was immortalised in the 2017 song 'Castle On The Hill' by Ed Sheeran, who grew up in the town.

The following Knightmare scenes were filmed at Framlingham Castle:

Series 4 dungeoneers arriving on Treguard's doorstep.
The supports in the background are the remains of a footbridge on the eastern side, leading from the castle to a large hunting park.
The room where each Series 4 dungeoneer acquired the Eyeshield from either Hordriss, Malice or Merlin. This is located inside the Workhouse, which is now the castle's gift shop!
It made a further appearance in Series 5, when Ben met Elita in a strangely modified version of the room (now in Level 3).
Pickle expressed amazement every time the Eyeshield started working: "It sees, master, it sees!"
The western side of the castle was used as the path home for departing teams in Series 4.
This area beside the Prison Tower later became Winteria, where Team 4 of Series 5 chose Level 3 clue objects...
...and went on to defeat Aesandre.
The end credits of Series 4 episodes 5, 6 and 8 showed a dungeoneer exploring the moat, passing Tower 2 on the south side.
The dungeoneer climbs a spiral staircase and walks over some stone foundations on the earthworks to the north-west of the castle. Towers 8 and 9 can be seen here.
The final shot is a view of the castle from across the Mere (a large lake on the western side).
Slightly different views of the Mere appeared behind the end credits of Series 4 episode 15...
...and Series 5 episode 8.

Framlingham Castle is now managed by English Heritage and is open to the public. Click here to visit the website.

Two photographs of the castle exterior, taken by Jake Collins, can be found in Issue 45 of The Eye Shield. Photographs taken by Canadanne in April 2019 can be found here.

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