Holwell Castle
Holwell Castle is a castle in Parracombe, North Devon, England. Holwell Castle is situated nearby to Christ Church, as well as near the guest house Fox and Goose Inn.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Christ Church and Fox and Goose Inn.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 860 feet north of Holwell Castle.
Fox and Goose Inn
Guest house
Photo: Peter Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fox and Goose Inn is a guest house, which is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Holwell Castle.
Beacon Castle
Archaeological site
Beacon Castle is an Iron Age hill fort close to Parracombe in Devon, England. It is situated on a hilltop some 290 metres above sea level, overlooking the Heddon Valley. Beacon Castle is situated 1 mile north of Holwell Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynton and Lynmouth and Barbrook.
Lynton and Lynmouth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lynton and Lynmouth is a civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is named after its two main settlements of Lynton, which stands on a plateau above the Glen Lyn Gorge, and Lynmouth which lies at the foot of the gorge where the West Lyn River and East Lyn River converge and then meet the sea.
Barbrook
Village
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barbrook is a village in Devon, England. It is close to the source of the West Lyn River. The village post office and shop closed on 27 September 2008. Barbrook is situated 3½ miles northeast of Holwell Castle.
Valley of the Rocks
Locality
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The Valley of Rocks, sometimes called Valley of the Rocks, is a dry valley that runs parallel to the coast in north Devon, England, about 1 kilometre to the west of the village of Lynton. Valley of the Rocks is situated 4 miles northeast of Holwell Castle.
Holwell Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Parracombe, Devon, England, UK
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Parracombe, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Holwell Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Holwell Castle”
- Swedish: “Holwell Castle”
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