Miserden Castle
Miserden Castle was a castle near the village of Miserden in Gloucestershire, England. The castle is a large motte and bailey Norman castle, built before 1146 by Robert Musard, after whose family the local village is named.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Miserden War Memorial.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 2,700 feet west of Miserden Castle.
Miserden War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miserden War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Miserden, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, south-western England. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is today a grade II listed building. Miserden War Memorial is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Miserden Castle.
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Church
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin at Syde in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the early 12th century. It is a grade I listed building. Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated 1 mile north of Miserden Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miserden and Caudle Green.
Miserden
Village
Photo: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miserden is a village and civil parish in Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England, 4 mi north east of Stroud. The parish includes Whiteway Colony and the hamlets of Sudgrove and The Camp.
Whiteway Colony
Village
Whiteway Colony is a residential community in the Cotswolds in the parish of Miserden near Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. The community was founded in 1898 by Tolstoyans and today has no spare land available with over sixty homes and 120 colonists. Whiteway Colony is situated 1½ miles northwest of Miserden Castle.
Miserden Castle
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: castle in the United Kingdom
- Categories: castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Miserden, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.78191° or 51° 46′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.08268° or 2° 4′ 58″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Open location code
9C3VQWJ8+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 911555148OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Miserden Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Miserden Castle”
- German: “Miserden Castle”
- Swedish: “Miserden 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 “Miserden Castle”. Photo: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 3.0.