Alberbury Castle
Alberbury Castle is in the village of Alberbury – some nine miles west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire and very close to the border with Wales. The building has been constructed from locally available red sandstone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Alberbury with Cardeston, Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Alberbury Castle, Remains Of” and “Alberbury Castle: tower keep castle 70m south west of the Church of St Michael and All Angels”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels, Alderbury and Wattlesborough Castle.
Wattlesborough Castle
Castle
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Wattlesborough Tower is a ruined fortified 13th-century manor house or Tower House in Shropshire. It is situated close to the boundary with Powys in Wales. Wattlesborough Castle is situated 1 mile south of Alberbury Castle.
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 southeast of Alberbury Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alberbury and Crewgreen.
Alberbury
Village
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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.
Crewgreen
Village
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Crewgreen is a village, which is situated 2½ miles west of Alberbury Castle.
Shrawardine
Village
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Shrawardine is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Montford, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Shrawardine is situated 2½ miles east of Alberbury Castle.
Alberbury Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Alberbury with Cardeston, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Alberbury Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alberbury Castle”
- Danish: “Alberbury Castle”
- German: “Alberbury Castle”
- Swedish: “Alberbury Castle”
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