Leeds Castle, England ðŽð§ (āļāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļāļĨีāļāļŠ์ āļāļĢāļ°āđāļāļĻāļัāļāļāļĪāļĐ)
Disclaimer: This article is bilingual. The content will be presented first in English, followed by the Thai translation. (āļāļāļāļ§āļēāļĄāļี้āđāļ็āļāļāļāļāļ§āļēāļĄāļŠāļāļāļ āļēāļĐāļē āļāļ°āđāļĢิ่āļĄāļ้āļ§āļĒāđāļื้āļāļŦāļēāļ āļēāļĐāļēāļัāļāļāļĪāļĐāļ่āļāļ āđāļĨāļ°āļāļēāļĄāļ้āļ§āļĒāđāļื้āļāļŦāļēāļ āļēāļĐāļēāđāļāļĒ)
ð General Information:
- Location: Maidstone, Kent, England — the castle is situated on islands in a lake formed by the River Len
- Construction
Year: Originally built in AD 857 (as a wooden
structure by Saxon nobles), rebuilt in stone in 1119, and
extensively renovated in the early 1800s. (As of 2025, the castle is
approximately 470 years old in its current form.)
- Architectural
Style: Norman castle developed into a Tudor palace,
with significant early 19th-century stylistic enhancements
- Original
Builder: Robert de Crevecoeur, who built the first stone
castle in 1119; later purchased by Queen Eleanor of Castile (wife
of King Edward I) in 1278
- Architect: No
specific architect named — the castle has gone through centuries of
ownership changes and renovations, including a luxurious interior redesign
during the 1930s under Dame Olive "Lady Baillie"
- Purpose: Initially
built to control a key strategic location (river crossing and major route)
and served as a royal residence for several English monarchs
- Number
of Rooms: Not specified, but features numerous exhibition rooms,
including drawing rooms, game rooms, great halls, and thematic museums
- Total
Area: Approximately 500 acres of gardens,
parkland, and surrounding grounds
ðVisitor Information:
- Opening
Hours: Open daily from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM (check
the official website for date-specific availability)
- Entrance Fee: £33 (approx. 1,450
THB)
- Website: https://leeds-castle.com/
ð
Highlights of Leeds Castle:
- Leeds
Castle served as the residence of many English kings and queens,
including Henry VIII, who used it as a palace for Catherine
of Aragon, his first wife.
- Queen
Eleanor of Castile also resided here.
- Over
the centuries, the castle passed through various noble families until it
was acquired by Lady Baillie (Olive Cecilia Paget,
1899–1974), an Anglo-American heiress and the last private owner of
Leeds Castle.
- She
purchased the castle in 1926 for around £180,000 —
a massive sum at the time.
- During
her ownership, she transformed the castle into a luxurious country
house, hiring renowned architects and French interior designers.
- In
the 1930s, Lady Baillie hosted lavish gatherings with
prominent guests, including The Duke & Duchess of Windsor, Winston
Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Ian Fleming (author
of James Bond)
- During World
War II, the castle was used as a convalescent home for wounded
soldiers.
- After
Lady Baillie’s death in 1974, the castle was entrusted to
the Leeds Castle Foundation, per her will, and opened to the
public.
- Today,
it is a major heritage attraction featuring landscaped
gardens, a golf course, and a unique Dog Collar Museum.
ðđ āļ้āļāļĄูāļĨāļั่āļ§āđāļ:
- āļŠāļāļēāļāļี่āļั้āļ:
āđāļĄืāļāļ Maidstone, āļĄāļāļāļĨ
Kent āļāļĢāļ°āđāļāļĻāļัāļāļāļĪāļĐ āļāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļāļั้āļāļāļĒู่āļāļāđāļāļēāļ°āđāļāļāļ°āđāļĨāļŠāļēāļāļี่āđāļิāļāļāļēāļāđāļĄ่āļ้āļģ
Len
- āļ่āļāļŠāļĢ้āļēāļāđāļāļี:
āļั้āļāđāļ่āļี āļ.āļĻ. 857 (āđāļĢิ่āļĄāđāļ็āļāđāļāļĢāļāļŠāļĢ้āļēāļāđāļĄ้āđāļāļĒāļāļāļั้āļ
Saxon) āļูāļāļŠāļĢ้āļēāļāđāļŦāļĄ่āļ้āļ§āļĒāļŦิāļāđāļāļี 1119 āđāļĨāļ°āļāļĢัāļāļāļĢุāļāļāļĢั้āļāđāļŦāļ่āđāļāļĒุāļāļ้āļ
1800 (āđāļāļี 2025 āļ้āļēāļāļŦāļĨัāļāļี้āļĄีāļāļēāļĒุ
470 āļี)
- āļŠāđāļāļĨ์āļāļāļāļ้āļēāļ: āļāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļāļĒุāļ
Norman āļัāļāļāļēāļ่āļāļĒāļāļāļāļāļāļĨāļēāļĒāđāļ็āļāļāļĢāļ°āļĢāļēāļāļ§ัāļ Tudor
āđāļ้āļĢัāļāļāļēāļĢāļāļĢāļ°āļุ้āļāļŠāđāļāļĨ์āļ่āļ§āļāļ้āļāļĻāļāļ§āļĢāļĢāļĐāļี่ 19
- āđāļ้āļēāļāļāļāļ้āļēāļ
(āļู้āļĢิāđāļĢิ่āļĄāļŠāļĢ้āļēāļ): Robert de Crevecoeur āļŠāļĢ้āļēāļāļāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļāļŦิāļāļāļĢั้āļāđāļĢāļāđāļāļี
1119; āļ่āļāļĄāļēāļูāļāļื้āļāđāļāļĒāļāļĢāļ°āļāļēāļ Eleanor āđāļŦ่āļ
Castile (Queen of Edward I) āđāļāļี 1278
- āļู้āļāļāļāđāļāļ: āđāļĄ่āļĄีāļĢāļ°āļุāļัāļāđāļāļ
— āļ่āļēāļāļāļēāļĢāđāļŠีāļĒāļŠāļĨāļ°āđāļĨāļ°āļāļĢัāļāļāļĢุāļāļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāļĒุāļ
āļĢāļ§āļĄāļึāļāļāļāļāļี่ Dame Olive 'Lady Baillie' āļāļĢāļāļāļāļĢāļāļāđāļāļĒุāļ
1930s āļี่āļāļāđāļ่āļāļ āļēāļĒāđāļāļāļĒ่āļēāļāļŦāļĢูāļŦāļĢāļēāļĄāļēāļ
- āļ§ัāļāļุāļāļĢāļ°āļŠāļāļ์āļี่āļŠāļĢ้āļēāļ: āļāļ§āļāļุāļĄāļื้āļāļี่āļŠāļģāļัāļāļāļēāļāļĒุāļāļāļĻāļēāļŠāļāļĢ์
(āđāļĄ่āļ้āļģāđāļĨāļ°āđāļŠ้āļāļāļēāļ) āđāļĨāļ°āđāļ็āļāļี่āļāļĢāļ°āļัāļāļāļāļāļāļĐัāļāļĢิāļĒ์āļัāļāļāļĪāļĐāļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāļāļĢāļ°āļāļāļ์
- āļāļģāļāļ§āļāļŦ้āļāļ:
āđāļĄ่āļĄีāļāļģāļāļ§āļāđāļ่āļāļāļ āđāļ่āļĄีāļŦ้āļāļāļัāļāđāļŠāļāļāļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāļŦ้āļāļ
āđāļ่āļ āļŦ้āļāļāļĢัāļāđāļāļ āļŦ้āļāļāđāļĨ่āļāđāļāļĄāļŠ์ āļŦ้āļāļāđāļāļ āđāļĨāļ°āļิāļิāļāļ ัāļāļ์āđāļāļāļēāļ°āđāļĢื่āļāļ
- āļāļģāļāļ§āļāļื้āļāļี่āļั้āļāļŦāļĄāļ: āļāļĢāļ°āļĄāļēāļ
500 āđāļāđāļāļāļĢ์āļāļāļāļŠāļ§āļāđāļĨāļ°āļุāļāļĒāļēāļ
ðŽāļ้āļāļĄูāļĨāļŠāļģāļŦāļĢัāļāļāļēāļĢāđāļāđāļĒี่āļĒāļĄāļāļĄ:
- āđāļ§āļĨāļēāđāļิāļāđāļ้āļēāļāļĄ:
āđāļิāļāļุāļāļ§ัāļ āđāļ§āļĨāļē
10:30–17:00 āļ.
(āđāļāļĢāļāđāļ็āļāļ§ัāļāļี่āđāļิāļāļ่āļāļāđāļ้āļēāļāļĄāļี่āļŦāļ้āļēāđāļ§็āļāđāļāļ์)
- āļ่āļēāđāļ้āļē:
33 āļāļāļāļ์ (āļāļĢāļ°āļĄāļēāļ
1,450 āļāļēāļ)
- Website: https://leeds-castle.com/
ðāļุāļāļŠāļāđāļāļāļāļāļŠāļāļēāļāļี่āļี้:
- āļāļĢāļ°āļĢāļēāļāļ§ัāļāđāļāļĒāđāļ็āļāļี่āļāļĢāļ°āļัāļāļāļāļāļāļĢāļ°āļĄāļŦāļēāļāļĐัāļāļĢิāļĒ์āđāļĨāļ°āļāļĢāļ°āļĢāļēāļิāļีāļัāļāļāļĪāļĐāļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāļāļĢāļ°āļāļāļ์
(āļĢāļ§āļĄāļึāļ Henry VIII āđāļื่āļāđāļŦ้āļāļĢāļ°āļĢāļēāļิāļีāļāļāļ์āđāļĢāļ Catherine
of Aragon āđāļ้āļāļģāļัāļāļี่āļี่)
- āļāļĢāļ°āļĢāļēāļิāļี
Eleanor of Castile āļ็āđāļāļĒāļāļĢāļ°āļัāļāļี่āļี่
- āļŦāļĨัāļāļāļēāļāļั้āļ
āļāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļāļูāļāđāļāļĨี่āļĒāļāđāļ้āļēāļāļāļāļĄāļēāđāļĢื่āļāļĒāđ āļāļāļึāļ Lady Baillie āļŦāļĢืāļ Olive
Cecilia Paget (1899–1974) – āđāļāļāđāļ็āļāļāļēāļĒāļēāļāđāļĻāļĢāļĐāļีāļāļēāļ§āļāđāļĄāļĢิāļัāļ
āđāļĨāļ°āđāļ็āļāđāļ้āļēāļāļāļ Leeds Castle āļāļāļŠุāļāļ้āļēāļĒāļ่āļāļāļี่āļāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļāļāļ°āļูāļāļŠ่āļāļ่āļāđāļŦ้āđāļ็āļāļĄูāļĨāļิāļิāđāļื่āļāļŠāļēāļāļēāļĢāļāļ°āļāļĢāļ°āđāļĒāļāļ์
- āđāļāļāļื้āļ
Leeds Castle: āļี 1926 āļ้āļ§āļĒāļĢāļēāļāļēāļāļĢāļ°āļĄāļēāļ
£180,000 (āļĄāļŦāļēāļĻāļēāļĨāđāļāļĒุāļāļั้āļ)
- āđāļāļ āļāļĢัāļāļāļĢุāļāđāļĨāļ°āļāļāđāļ่āļ
Leeds Castle āđāļŦāļĄ่āļั้āļāļŦāļĄāļ āđāļŦ้āļāļĨāļēāļĒāđāļ็āļāļāļĪāļŦāļēāļŠāļ์āļŦāļĢูāļŦāļĢāļēāļŠāļģāļŦāļĢัāļāļāļāļั้āļāļŠูāļ
āđāļāļĒāļ้āļēāļāļŠāļāļēāļāļิāļāļื่āļāļัāļ āđāļĨāļ°āļĄัāļāļāļāļēāļāļĢāļāļĢั่āļāđāļĻāļŠ
- āļ่āļ§āļāļāļĻāļ§āļĢāļĢāļĐ
1930s āđāļāļāđāļ็āļāđāļ้āļēāļ āļēāļāļัāļāļāļēāļāđāļĨี้āļĒāļāđāļŦāļ่āđāļāļี่āļāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļ
āđāļāļĒāļĄีāđāļāļāļŠāļģāļัāļāļĢāļ°āļัāļāđāļĨāļāļĄāļēāļĢ่āļ§āļĄ āđāļ่āļ Duke & Duchess of Windsor,
Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Ian Fleming (āļู้āđāļีāļĒāļ
James Bond)
- āđāļāļ่āļ§āļāļŠāļāļāļĢāļēāļĄāđāļĨāļāļāļĢั้āļāļี่
2 āļāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļāļูāļāđāļ้āđāļ็āļāļี่āļัāļāļื้āļāļāļāļāļāļŦāļēāļĢāļāļēāļāđāļ็āļ
- āļŦāļĨัāļāļāļēāļāđāļāļāđāļŠีāļĒāļีāļ§ิāļāđāļāļี
1974 āļāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļāļูāļāļŠ่āļāļ่āļāđāļŦ้āļัāļāļĄูāļĨāļิāļิ "Leeds
Castle Foundation" āļึ่āļāļ่āļāļั้āļāļึ้āļāļāļēāļĄāđāļāļāļāļēāļĢāļĄāļ์āļāļāļāđāļāļ
āđāļื่āļāđāļิāļāđāļŦ้āļŠāļēāļāļēāļĢāļāļāļāđāļ้āļēāļāļĄāđāļ้
- āļัāļāļุāļัāļāđāļ็āļāđāļŦāļĨ่āļāļ่āļāļāđāļี่āļĒāļ§āļŦāļĨัāļāļāļĢ้āļāļĄāļŠāļ§āļ
āļŠāļāļēāļĄāļāļāļĨ์āļ āđāļĨāļ°āļิāļิāļāļ ัāļāļ์āđāļŠื้āļāļāļĨāļāļāļāļāļŠุāļัāļ (Dog Collar Museum)
- āļัāļāļุāļัāļāđāļิāļāđāļŦ้āļāļāļั่āļ§āđāļāđāļ้āļēāļāļĄāđāļ้
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