Ardley Castle
Ardley Castle was a castle to the southwest of the village of Ardley, Oxfordshire, England. At present only some of its ruins, most notably an oval enclosure one hundred yards in diameter, with a shallow ditch with an average depth of three feet, a derelict moat and the earthworks remain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in the UK
- Also known as: “Ardley”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Ardley Trackways.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1,100 feet east of Ardley Castle.
Ardley Trackways
Protected area
Ardley Trackways is a 63.6-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Bicester in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. Ardley Trackways is situated 1½ miles south of Ardley Castle.
Church of St Olave, Fritwell
Church
Photo: Geoffrey Lloyd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Olave, Fritwell is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ardley Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardley and Fewcott.
Ardley
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ardley is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of Bicester. The parish includes the village of Fewcott, which is now contiguous with Ardley. The 2021 Census recorded the population of Ardley parish as 740.
Fewcott
Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardley is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of Bicester. The parish includes the village of Fewcott, which is now contiguous with Ardley. The 2021 Census recorded the population of Ardley parish as 740.
Fritwell
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fritwell is a village and civil parish about 5+1⁄2 miles northwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 736.
Ardley Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ardley, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.94201° or 51° 56′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.21719° or 1° 13′ 2″ westElevation
407 feet (124 metres)Open location code
9C3WWQRM+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2500753360OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ardley Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ardley (kastilyo)”
- Cebuano: “Ardley”
- German: “Ardley Castle”
- Swedish: “Ardley (slott)”
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