Walden Castle
Walden Castle was a medieval castle in Essex, England, built during the Anarchy of the 12th century. Only the ruined core of the structure remains today.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: former medieval castle in Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Saffron Walden Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saffron Walden Museum and St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden.
Saffron Walden Museum
Museum
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Saffron Walden Museum is a local museum in Saffron Walden, Essex, east England. The museum is one of the oldest purpose-built museums in the United Kingdom.
St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden
Church
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St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Saffron Walden, Essex. It is the largest non-cathedral church in Essex with an overall length of 183 feet and a spire 193 feet high, which is the tallest in Essex. St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden is situated 660 feet southwest of Walden Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saffron Walden and Little Walden.
Saffron Walden
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Saffron Walden is a market town in Essex, East Anglia. It's 15 miles south of Cambridge and 46 miles north of London so it's commuterland for both, and in 2021 had a population of 16,600.
Little Walden
Village
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Little Walden is a village in the civil parish of Saffron Walden, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. It lies about 3 miles north of the market town of Saffron Walden and is 12 miles from Cambridge. Little Walden is situated 2 miles north of Walden Castle.
Little Chesterford
Village
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Little Chesterford is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, in the East of England. Close to the Cambridgeshire border, it is built principally along a single sunken lane to the east of a chalk stream tributary of the River Cam or Granta and is located 3⁄4 mile southeast of Great Chesterford and some 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Saffron Walden. Little Chesterford is situated 2½ miles northwest of Walden Castle.
Walden Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Walden Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Walden gaztelua”
- Cebuano: “Saffron Walden Castle”
- Danish: “Walden Castle”
- French: “château de Walden”
- French: “Château de Walden”
- German: “Walden Castle”
- Persian: “والدن (دژ)”
- Persian: “والدن”
- Russian: “Замок Вальден”
- Russian: “Замок Уолден”
- Swedish: “Saffron Walden Castle”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Audley End and Northend.
Nearby Places
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