Wolvesey Castle
Wolvesey Castle, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, was the main residence of the Bishop of Winchester in the Middle Ages. The castle, mostly built by Henry of Blois in the 12th century, is now a ruin, except for its fifteenth-century chapel, which is now part of the bishop's current residence, Wolvesey Palace.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed castle in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Old Bishop’s Palace” and “Wolvesey Castle (ruins of 12th century building)”
- Address: College Street, Winchester, SO23 9NB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Winchester Cathedral and Wolvesey Palace.
Winchester Cathedral
Church
Winchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and of Saint Swithun in Winchester, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and is among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. Winchester Cathedral is situated 920 feet northwest of Wolvesey Castle.
Wolvesey Palace
Castle
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wolvesey Palace is the residence of the Bishop of Winchester, located in Winchester, England. The bishops had previously lived in the adjacent Wolvesey Castle.
Friends‘ Meeting House
Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Friends‘ Meeting House is a church, which is situated 370 feet northeast of Wolvesey Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winchester and Bar End.
Winchester
Winchester is an historic cathedral city in the county of Hampshire, South East England. Erstwhile capital of the country, it was from here that Alfred the Great governed much of unified England.
Bar End
Suburb
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bar End is an area of Winchester, Hampshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Itchen to the north of St. Catherine's Hill and is the location of a park and ride car park serving the city centre.
Wolvesey Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.05907° or 51° 3′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.31023° or 1° 18′ 37″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
9C3W3M5Q+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 102003555OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Wolvesey Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell de Wolvesey”
- Cebuano: “Wolvesey Castle”
- Chinese: “沃夫西城堡”
- Danish: “Wolvesey Castle”
- Dutch: “Wolvesey Castle”
- German: “Wolvesey Castle”
- Japanese: “ウルヴェシー城”
- Persian: “ولوسی (دژ)”
- Persian: “ولوسی”
- Slovenian: “grad Wolvesey”
- Swedish: “Wolvesey Castle”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wolvesey Castle”. Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.