Wattlesborough Castle
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed castle in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wattlesborough Hall”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rowton Castle and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Alderbury.
Rowton Castle
Park
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rowton Castle, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, is a Grade II* listed country house that was once the home of the Royal National College for the Blind before it moved to its present location in Hereford. Rowton Castle is situated 1½ miles east of Wattlesborough Castle.
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Alderbury
Church
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Alderbury is situated 1¼ miles north of Wattlesborough Castle.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Anne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Baptist is situated 1½ miles west of Wattlesborough Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alberbury and Westbury.
Alberbury
Village
Photo: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alberbury is a village in Shropshire, England, 9 miles west of Shrewsbury on the B4393 road which travels from Ford to Lake Vyrnwy. It is on to the England-Wales border, marked by a roadside tree, Prince's Oak.
Westbury
Village
Photo: Gordon Cragg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westbury is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. It includes the settlements of Caus Forest, Lake, Marche, Newtown, Stoney Stretton, Vennington, Wallop, Westbury, Whitton, Winsley and Yockleton. Westbury is situated 2 miles south of Wattlesborough Castle.
Stoney Stretton
Village
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoney Stretton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, west of Shrewsbury. It is situated just off the B4386 road between the villages of Yockleton and Westbury. Stoney Stretton is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wattlesborough Castle.
Wattlesborough Castle
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Alberbury with Cardeston, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.70743° or 52° 42′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.95592° or 2° 57′ 21″ westElevation
463 feet (141 metres)Open location code
9C4VP24V+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 1374212646OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
6286870Wikidata ID
Q7974997
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wattlesborough Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wattlesborough Hall”
- Danish: “Wattlesborough Castle”
- German: “Wattlesborough Castle”
- Swedish: “Wattlesborough Hall”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rowton and Wattlesborough Heath.
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