Melbourne Castle
Melbourne Castle was a medieval castle in Melbourne, Derbyshire. It was built on the site of an earlier royal manor house that had provided accommodation for noblemen hunting in a nearby royal park in the reign of King John.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melbourne Hall and St Michael with St Mary’s Church, Melbourne.
Melbourne Hall
Manor estate
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Melbourne Hall is a Georgian style country house in Melbourne, Derbyshire, previously owned by the 2nd Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister from 1835 to 1841. Melbourne Hall is situated 660 feet south of Melbourne Castle.
St Michael with St Mary’s Church, Melbourne
Church
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St Michael and St Mary's Church, Melbourne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Melbourne, Derbyshire. St Michael with St Mary’s Church, Melbourne is situated 680 feet south of Melbourne Castle.
Donington Park
Sports venue
Photo: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned by the Wheatcroft family, is currently under lease by MotorSport Vision until 2038. Donington Park is situated 2 miles east of Melbourne Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kings Newton and Wilson.
Kings Newton
Village
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Kings Newton is a village in South Derbyshire. The population of the village is included in Melbourne. The Holy well was constructed around 1660, but has been refurbished at the end of the twentieth century.
Wilson
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wilson, is a hamlet just in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. Close to East Midlands Airport, Wilson retains many 'village-like' features.
Breedon on the Hill
Village
Photo: Robdav69, Public domain.
Breedon on the Hill is a village and civil parish about 5 miles north of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The parish adjoins the Derbyshire county boundary and the village is only about 2 miles south of the Derbyshire town of Melbourne. Breedon on the Hill is situated 2 miles southeast of Melbourne Castle.
Melbourne Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: limited remains of a castle in Melbourne, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Melbourne, South Derbyshire 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 Arabic to Turkish—“Melbourne Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة ملبورن”
- Armenian: “Մելբուռնի ամրոց”
- Cebuano: “Melbourne Castle”
- Chinese: “墨尔本城堡”
- German: “Melbourne Castle”
- Korean: “멜버른성”
- Russian: “Замок Мелборн”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Melbourne”
- Swedish: “Melbourne Castle”
- Turkish: “Melbourne Kalesi”
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