Stafford Castle
Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated 2 miles west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. From the time of the Norman Conquest and as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was the seat of the powerful Anglo-Norman Stafford family, feudal barons of Stafford, later Barons Stafford by writ, Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle and museum in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Stafford Castle (Remains)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stafford railway station and St Matthew.
Stafford railway station
Railway station
Photo: TheFrog001, CC0.
Stafford is a major interchange railway station in Stafford, Staffordshire, England; it is the second busiest in the county, after Stoke-on-Trent. It serves the market and county town, as well as surrounding villages. Stafford railway station is situated 1 mile northeast of Stafford Castle.
St Matthew
Church
Photo: Mark Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Matthew is a church, which is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Stafford Castle.
King Edward VI High School
School
King Edward VI High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Highfields area of Stafford, England. The school's sixth form forms part of the Stafford Collegiate. King Edward VI High School is situated 3,700 feet east of Stafford Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Derrington and Doxey.
Derrington
Village
Derrington is a village west of the town of Stafford, in Staffordshire, England. For population details from the 2011 census see under Seighford. Derrington had an 18th-century pub, The Red Lion, but it has ceased trading.
Doxey
Village
Doxey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England; it is a north-western suburb of Stafford. It became a civil parish on 1 April 2005.
Stafford
Photo: Stocksy, Public domain.
Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about 15 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 miles north of Wolverhampton and 24 miles north-west of Birmingham.
Stafford Castle
- Categories: local authority museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Stafford District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Stafford Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell de Stafford”
- Cebuano: “Stafford Castle”
- Danish: “Stafford Castle”
- French: “château de Stafford”
- French: “Château de Stafford”
- German: “Schloss Stafford”
- German: “Stafford Castle”
- Italian: “castello di Stafford”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Stafford”
- Russian: “замок Стаффорд”
- Spanish: “castillo de Stafford”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Stafford”
- Swedish: “Stafford Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Stafford”
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Explore places such as Western Downs and Highfields.
Nearby Places
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