Wray Castle
Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building at Claife in Cumbria within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire. The house and grounds have belonged to the National Trust since 1929.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Neogothic mansion
- Address: Low Wray, Ambleside, LA22 0JA
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Margaret Wray and Brockhole.
Brockhole
Park
Photo: J Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Brockhole Lake District Visitor Centre, also known as the Brockhole National Park Visitor Centre, is a visitor centre and tourist attraction managed by the Lake District National Park Authority.
Blelham Tarn
Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blelham Tarn is a large valley tarn in the Lake District of England, to the north of the hill Latterbarrow. The settlements of Outgate, Low Wray and High Wray are close by.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brathay and Clappersgate.
Brathay
Hamlet
Photo: Steph Aitchison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brathay is a hamlet in Skelwith parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the hamlet lies close to Clappersgate on the south bank of the River Brathay, and is about 0.9 miles south west of Ambleside.
Clappersgate
Hamlet
Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clappersgate is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in the county of Cumbria, England. Clappersgate is located on the B5286 road and on the River Brathay. Clappersgate is situated 1½ miles north of Wray Castle.
Troutbeck Bridge
Village
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troutbeck Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Troutbeck Bridge is situated 2 miles east of Wray Castle.
Wray Castle
- Categories: English country house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Claife, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.40062° or 54° 24′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.96434° or 2° 57′ 52″ westElevation
417 feet (127 metres)Operator
National TrustOpen location code
9C6VC22P+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 171966190OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Wray Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “雷氏城堡”
- Danish: “Wray Castle”
- French: “château de Wray”
- French: “Château de Wray”
- Japanese: “レイ・カースル”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wray Castle”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wray Castle”. Photo: CellsDeDells, CC BY-SA 3.0.