South East England
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Desborough Castle

Desborough Castle is an Iron Age hill fort which lies on the southern side of the valley of the River Wye in , which runs through the Chiltern Hills from The Ridgeway and Vale of to the .
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Photo: Stephen Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: hillfort in Buckinghamshire
  • Also known as: “The Roundabout”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary and St George Church, High Wycombe and High Wycombe Chair Making Museum.

Church
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St Mary and St George Church, is a free Byzantine style Grade II listed church, and is situated in the Diocese of Oxford. The church is notable because of its green copper dome which is considered a landmark in High Wycombe. is situated 500 feet north of Desborough Castle.

Museum
High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe, is a market town in , England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye surrounded by the , it is 29 miles west-northwest of in , 13 miles south-southeast of , 23 miles southeast of , 15 miles northeast of and 8 miles north of . is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Desborough Castle.

Stadium
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is a football stadium in , , England. Built in 1990, it is the home ground of the local Wycombe Wanderers Football Club in League One, with a capacity of 10,446. is situated 1 mile west of Desborough Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include High Wycombe and Downley.

Photo: John Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large and historic town between hills in the county of in . Furniture making played an extensive role in the town's industrial heritage. The market in High Street dates back to the Middle Ages.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, which was included in Wycombe district before its abolition. It is high in the , overlooking the town of , although today it is almost indistinguishable from the urban spread of the latter town.

Suburb
was a hamlet within the parish of in , England, which has been absorbed into the expanding suburbs of . There are several housing areas in , mainly modern estates.

Desborough Castle

Latitude
51.63247° or 51° 37′ 57″ north
Longitude
-0.77774° or 0° 46′ 40″ west
Elevation
420 feet (128 metres)
Open location code
9C3XJ6JC+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1005604086
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
6286408
Wiki­data ID
Q5263651
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Desborough Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Desborough Castle”
  • Swedish: “Desborough Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Desborough”

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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 “Desborough Castle”. Photo: Stephen Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.