List of castles in Ghana


During the colonial period in Ghana, at the time known as Gold Coast, European-style coastal forts and castles were built, mostly by Portuguese, Dutch and British. A number of these fortifications and outposts were designated World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Kumasi Fort in the Ashanti Region was originally built by an Asante king in imitation of these colonial forts.

Coastal regions

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions is the collective designation by UNESCO of European-style fortifications and outposts along the Gold Coast during the colonial period. The term specifically applies to a number of such fortifications designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979, including:
  1. Fort Good Hope
  2. Cape Coast Castle
  3. Fort Patience
  4. Fort Amsterdam
  5. Fort St. Jago
  6. Fort Batenstein
  7. Fort San Sebastian
  8. Fort Metal Cross
  9. English Fort
  10. Fort Saint Antony
  11. Elmina Castle
The full WHS list consists of:
Other coastal forts included in Ghana's material cultural heritage list of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board:
Not listed as heritage :
By region :