Varnam Castle sits on top of a hill overlooking the town of the same name, and was founded by the Bishop of Winchester (Henry of Blois) in 1138 AD, and was the preferred residence of bishops in the Middle Ages, and was rebuilt in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, and reveals a platform Watching for the buried remains of a former tower, it includes a range of shops and places to eat and drink, and there is a free exhibition on the history of the castle located near the entrance.