Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge with the permission of Richard II, ostensibly to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years' War.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Castelo Bodiam”, “Замък Бодиам”, “Замък Боудиъм”, and “ボウディアム城”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Bodiam railway station and Great Dixter.

Railway station
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is a heritage railway station… is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Bodiam Castle.

Manor estate
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is a house in , East Sussex, England. is situated 2 miles east of Bodiam Castle.

Restaurant
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is a restaurant, which is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Bodiam Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bodiam and Ewhurst Green.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in the Rother District of , England.

Village
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is a village and the main settlement…

Village
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is a village in the… is situated 2 miles northeast of Bodiam Castle.

Bodiam Castle

Latitude
51.00226° or 51° 0′ 8″ north
Longitude
0.54357° or 0° 32′ 37″ east
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
9F322G2V+WC
Geo­Names ID
6286770
Wiki­data ID
Q639208
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bodiam Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة بوديام”
  • Armenian: “Բոդիամ դղյակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bodiam qəsri”
  • Basque: “Bodiam gaztelua”
  • Bengali: “বোডিয়াম দুর্গ”
  • Breton: “Kastell Bodiam”
  • Bulgarian: “Боудиъм”
  • Catalan: “castell de Bodiam”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Bodiam”
  • Cebuano: “Bodiam Castle”
  • Chinese: “博丁安城堡”
  • Chinese: “波定堡”
  • Czech: “Bodiam”
  • Danish: “Bodiam Castle”
  • Dutch: “Bodiam Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Bodiam”
  • Finnish: “Bodiamin linna”
  • French: “château de Bodiam”
  • French: “Château de Bodiam”
  • German: “Bodiam Castle”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Μπόντιαμ”
  • Hebrew: “טירת בודיאם”
  • Hungarian: “bodiami vár”
  • Hungarian: “Bodiami vár”
  • Icelandic: “Bodiam kastali”
  • Icelandic: “Bodiam-kastali”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Bodiam”
  • Italian: “castello di Bodiam”
  • Italian: “Castello di Bodiam”
  • Japanese: “ボディアム城”
  • Latin: “Castellum Bodiam”
  • Lithuanian: “Bodiamo pilis”
  • Malayalam: “ബോഡിയം കോട്ട”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bodiam Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Bodiam Castle”
  • Persian: “قلعه بودیام”
  • Polish: “Zamek Bodiam”
  • Portuguese: “Bodiam Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Bodiam”
  • Russian: “Замок Бодиам”
  • Slovak: “Hrad Bodiam”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Bodiam”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Bodiam”
  • Swedish: “Bodiam Castle”
  • Tamil: “போடியம் கோட்டைமனை”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทโบเดียม”
  • Turkish: “Bodiam Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Бодіам”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Bodiam”
  • Welsh: “Bodiam”
  • Welsh: “Castell Bodiam”
  • “Bodiam Castle”

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