Colcombe Castle
Colcombe Castle was a castle or fortified house situated about a 0.5 mi north of the town of Colyton in East Devon, England. It was a seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon, whose principal seat was Tiverton Castle, about 22 miles to the north west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Colyton railway station and Methodist Church.
Colyton railway station
Tram stop
Colyton railway station, and its successor the Colyton tram stop, serve the town of Colyton in Devon, England. It was open as a railway station, on the Seaton branch line, between 1868 and 1966, and has been open as a tram stop, on the Seaton Tramway, since 1980. Colyton railway station is situated 2,000 feet south of Colcombe Castle.
Methodist Church
Church
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Methodist Church is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Colcombe Castle.
Gerrard Arms
Pub
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gerrard Arms is a pub, which is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Colcombe Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitford and Colyford.
Whitford
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitford is a village near Axminster in East Devon. It is situated on the western bank of the River Axe, which is crossed via a small bridge with a weir under it on a lane that joins the A358 road at Musbury.
Colyford
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colyford is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated midway between Lyme Regis and Sidmouth on the A3052 road.
Shute
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shute is a village, parish and former manor located 3 miles west of Axminster in East Devon, off the A35 road. It is surrounded by farmland and woodland beneath 163-metre Shute Hill. Shute is situated 2 miles north of Colcombe Castle.
Colcombe Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: former castle in Devon, England
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Colyton, East Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.74667° or 50° 44′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.06476° or 3° 3′ 53″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
9C2RPWWP+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2330199557OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Colcombe Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Colcombe Castle”
- German: “Colcombe Castle”
- Swedish: “Colcombe Castle”
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