Kasteel van Berlare, 18th-century castle in Berlare, Belgium.

Kasteel van Berlare is an 18th-century brick castle with a grey slate hipped roof, built around 1722 for Aloysius vanden Meersche. Its projecting stone central section holds a large arched mullioned window, flanked by panels painted with coats of arms. White-framed windows are set in rows on either side, and two tall brick chimneys with stone caps rise at the roof ends.

A moated farm of the noble van Berlaere family preceded the castle. The De Castro family, owners from 1630, built a castle there that French soldiers of Louis XIV destroyed in 1675. In 1688 Juan Bernard de Castro sold the estate to Ghent cloth merchant Frans Aloïs vanden Meersche, and the present building was rebuilt around 1722. The municipality bought the domain in 2008 and restored the castle in 2025.

The name Kasteel van Berlare simply marks the seat of the lords of Berlare, held by the Vanden Meersche family from 1688 to 1791 and then by the De Lichtervelde family until 1883. The brick house with its stone central bay and painted coats of arms was bought by the municipality in 2008 and restored in 2025 as the municipal administrative centre, with 38 workplaces and 8 multipurpose rooms.

The castle park has been open to walkers and cyclists since 2012, when it was inaugurated as a public park on Park Day, 27 May. The castle itself lies in the heart of Berlare, just south of Sint-Martinuskerk, and the municipal cemetery is southeast of the park. Some garden management work continues, so parts of the grounds may be cordoned off.

The castle was bought by the Berlare municipal council in 2008, and the park opened to walkers and cyclists on 27 May 2012, the Dag van het Park. The building itself was restored and now houses the municipal administrative centre, with 38 workstations and 8 multipurpose rooms.