Mackworth Castle
Mackworth Castle was a 14th- or 15th-century structure located in Derbyshire, at the upper end of Mackworth village near Derby. The home for several centuries of the Mackworth family, it was at some point reduced to the ruins of a gatehouse suggestive of a grand castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Derby Museum and Art Gallery and Kedleston Hall.
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
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Derby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass. Derby Museum and Art Gallery is situated 2½ miles east of Mackworth Castle.
Kedleston Hall
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Kedleston Hall is a large English country house with a Palladian exterior and Neo-classical interiors, now owned by the National Trust, built in the 1760s as the seat of the Curzon family, near Kedleston in Derbyshire, England, approximately 4 miles north-west of Derby. Kedleston Hall is situated 1½ miles north of Mackworth Castle.
Pickford’s House Museum
Museum
Pickford's House Museum of Georgian Life and Costume is in Derby, England. It is named after architect Joseph Pickford, who built it as his family home in 1763-65. It was opened as a museum in 1988. The building is Grade I listed. Pickford’s House Museum is situated 2 miles east of Mackworth Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mackworth and Markeaton.
Mackworth
Suburb
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Mackworth is a suburb of the city of Derby, England. It is located to the northwest of the city, near Markeaton Park and the suburb of Mickleover, and forms part of the Mackworth & New Zealand ward.
Markeaton
Hamlet
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Markeaton is a suburban village and former civil parish within Derby in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England. It is in the Mackworth Ward of Derby City Council.
New Zealand
Neighborhood
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New Zealand is an inner-city suburb of Derby in Derbyshire, England. It is surrounded by the Mackworth Estate, Rowditch and The West End suburbs. New Zealand also incorporates an area called the Morley Estate. New Zealand is situated 1½ miles southeast of Mackworth Castle.
Mackworth Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Mackworth, Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mackworth Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mackworth Castle”
- Danish: “Mackworth Castle”
- German: “Mackworth Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Mackworth”
- Swedish: “Mackworth Castle”
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