Castle Black

The headquarters of the Night's Watch on the Wall.

Castle Black is the primary headquarters and redoubt of the Night's Watch. It is located roughly halfway along the length of the Wall on its southern side, at the northern end of the Kingsroad. It is a dark and chilling home to its garrison.

Quick Facts

Type: Castle
Held by: The Night's Watch (headquarters)
Location: Halfway along the Wall, southern side, northern end of the Kingsroad
Neighbours: Queensgate and Oakenshield (unmanned)

Facts from the source article.

Did You Know?

Castle Black has a sept but no godswood: followers of the Old Gods must travel a mile north of the Wall, into the Haunted Forest, to take their vows before a heart tree.
There are nineteen castles along the Wall, but the Night's Watch abandoned sixteen of them; Castle Black was one of only three still manned, with Eastwatch-by-the-Sea and the Shadow Tower.