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 (mostly Portuguese, Dutch and British) along the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) 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:
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 (mostly largely destroyed or otherwise lost):
By region (from East to West):