Flitwick Castle
Flitwick Castle was an 11th-century castle located in the town of Flitwick, in the county of Bedfordshire, England. It now exists only as ruins, reduced to little but an earth mound.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Flitwick, Central Bedfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Flitwick (Mount Hill)”, “Flitwick Mount Hills”, and “The Mount: a motte and bailey castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flitwick Manor and Flitwick railway station.
Flitwick Manor
Hotel
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flitwick Manor is a Georgian country house in the south of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England. It is located on Church Road off the A5120. Now operating as a hotel, the manor is a Grade II* listed building. Flitwick Manor is situated 740 feet southeast of Flitwick Castle.
Flitwick railway station
Railway station
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Flitwick railway station is in the centre of Flitwick, in Bedfordshire, England. The station is situated on the Midland Main Line. The station is managed by Thameslink, who operate all trains serving it, and is served by Thameslink route services between Bedford and Brighton. Flitwick railway station is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Flitwick Castle.
St Andrew
Church
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew is a church, which is situated 1 mile north of Flitwick Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westoning and Steppingley.
Westoning
Village
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Westoning is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is located around 0.5 miles south of the town of Flitwick. The River Flit flows behind the Westoning stud farm.
Steppingley
Village
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Steppingley is a rural village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It stands on high ground in the centre of a small parish of about 562 ha on the Greensand Ridge and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Ruxox Cell
Locality
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Ruxox Cell was a moated chapel, or monastic cell, established in the twelfth century in the parish of Flitwick in Bedfordshire, England. Situated on the east side of the village of Ruxox, it was granted to the Augustinian priory of Dunstable by Philip de Sanvill, Lord of Flitwick, c. Ruxox Cell is situated 1½ miles northeast of Flitwick Castle.
Flitwick Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Flitwick, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Flitwick Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Flitwick (kastilyo)”
- Cebuano: “Flitwick”
- Danish: “Flitwick Castle”
- German: “Flitwick Castle”
- Swedish: “Flitwick (slott)”
- Swedish: “Flitwick”
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