Orford Castle
Orford Castle is a castle in Orford in the English county of Suffolk, 12 miles northeast of Ipswich, with views over Orford Ness. It was built between 1165 and 1173 by Henry II of England to consolidate royal power in the region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crown And Castle Hotel and St Bartholomew’s Church, Orford.
Crown And Castle Hotel
Hotel
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Crown And Castle Hotel is situated 400 feet east of Orford Castle.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Orford
Church
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The Church of St Bartholomew is the parish church of the town of Orford, England. A medieval church, dating from the fourteenth century, with reconstructions in the nineteenth and twentieth century, it is a Grade I listed building. St Bartholomew’s Church, Orford is situated 1,000 feet east of Orford Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orford and Gedgrave.
Orford
Town
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Orford is a village on the Suffolk coast. It has a fine mediaeval castle, built to dominate the River Ore, and a Grade I listed parish church, St Bartholomew's.
Gedgrave
Hamlet
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Gedgrave is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005, its population was 30. Gedgrave once had a church called St Andrews.
Sudbourne
Village
Sudbourne is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located approximately 2 miles north of Orford. All Saints' Church dates from the 14th century but was much restored in 1879. Sudbourne is situated 2 miles north of Orford Castle.
Orford Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Suffolk Coastal, United Kingdom
- Categories: historic house museum, archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orford, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Orford Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “castell d’Orford”
- Cebuano: “Orford Castle”
- Chinese: “呵佛城堡”
- Chinese: “欧福德城堡”
- Chinese: “歐福德城堡”
- Danish: “Orford Castle”
- Finnish: “Orfordin linna”
- French: “château d’Orford”
- French: “Château d’Orford”
- German: “Orford Castle”
- Japanese: “オーフォード城”
- Malay: “Istana kota Orford”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Orford”
- Russian: “Замок Орфорд”
- Russian: “Орфордский замок”
- Slovenian: “grad Orford”
- Slovenian: “Orford Castle”
- Swedish: “Orford Castle”
- Ukrainian: “Оксфордський замок”
- Ukrainian: “Орфордський замок”
- Welsh: “Castell Orford”
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