English Bicknor Castle
English Bicknor Castle was a castle in the village of English Bicknor in Gloucestershire, England. The castle was built in the 11th century as a motte and bailey design, although some suggest a later construction date in the early 12th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in the UK
- Also known as: “Motte and bailey castle at English Bicknor”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Slaughter Stream Cave and Coppet Hill.
Slaughter Stream Cave
Cave
Slaughter Stream Cave, also known as Wet Sink, is a cave system in the Wye Valley, Forest of Dean. A series of fixed ladders and two pitches lead to sporting streamways, sandy crawls and fossil passages. Slaughter Stream Cave is situated 1¼ miles south of English Bicknor Castle.
Coppet Hill
Heath
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Coppet Hill or Coppett Hill is a local nature reserve in the parish of Goodrich near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. Coppet Hill is situated 1½ miles north of English Bicknor Castle.
Holy Jesus Church, Lydbrook
Church
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Holy Jesus Church at Lydbrook is a Church of England parish church in the English county of Gloucestershire. Holy Jesus Church, Lydbrook is situated 1½ miles east of English Bicknor Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Joys Green and Welsh Bicknor.
Joys Green
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Joy's Green is a village in the Forest of Dean in West Gloucestershire, England. The village is in the civil parish of the neighbouring village of Lydbrook.
Welsh Bicknor
Village
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Welsh Bicknor is an area in the far south of the county of Herefordshire, England. It lies within a loop of the River Wye and covers 8,502 acres. The area was historically a detached parish of the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
Berry Hill
Village
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Berry Hill is a village in Gloucestershire, England, 1.5 miles north of the town of Coleford. Berry Hill includes the settlements of Five Acres to the east, Christchurch in the centre, Shortstanding to the north, and Joyford to the north-east. Berry Hill is situated 2 miles south of English Bicknor Castle.
English Bicknor Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: English Bicknor, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“English Bicknor Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “English Bicknor Castle”
- German: “English Bicknor Castle”
- Swedish: “English Bicknor Castle”
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