Carlton Hill

Besides seeing the castle from everywhere in the city, you can also see Carlton Hill. On top of this view point sits monuments, a cafe, an observatory and the beginning of a Roman coliseum. It’s not a tough walk to the top but we had to wait for a nice day.

Lots to see and walk around. The observatory was one of the first in the UK to be built complete with telescope. It was used to chart the movement of planetary orbits. Mostly it provided a very solid place to set your ships clock before boats set sail to navigate the world.

The columns were intended to replicate those in Rome, but they ran out of money and this was as far as they got.Read more