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 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

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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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Latitude

51.1851° or 51° 11′ 6″ north

Longitude

-3.90484° or 3° 54′ 17″ west

Elevation

702 feet (214 metres)

Open location code

9C3R53PW+23

GeoNames ID

6285829

Wikidata ID

Q17647689

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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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