Snape Castle

Snape Castle is a semi-fortified manor house in the village of Snape, North Yorkshire, England. The castle is 3 miles south of Bedale and 10 miles north of Ripon.

Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Chapel of St Mary and Thorp Perrow Arboretum.

Chapel of St Mary

Church

Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chapel of St Mary is a church.

Thorp Perrow Arboretum

Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thorp Perrow Arboretum is an 85-acre woodland garden… Thorp Perrow Arboretum is situated 3,600 feet north of Snape Castle.

Castle Arms

Pub

Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle Arms is a pub, which is situated 1,600 feet east of Snape Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Snape and Well.

Snape

Village

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Snape is a large village in the civil parish…

Well

Village

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Well is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Well is situated 1½ miles south of Snape Castle.

Thornton Watlass

Village

Photo: Andrew McLean, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornton Watlass is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Thornton Watlass is situated 2 miles northwest of Snape Castle.

Snape Castle

Type: Castle
Description: Grade I listed castle in North Yorkshire, England, UK
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Snape with Thorp, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.25448° or 54° 15′ 16″ north

Longitude

-1.59925° or 1° 35′ 57″ west

Elevation

167 feet (51 metres)

Established

1420

Open location code

9C6W7C32+Q7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 430858305

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

GeoNames ID

6286952

Wikidata ID

Q17538156

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Snape Castle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Snape Castle”
Swedish: “Snape Castle”
Turkish: “Snape Kalesi”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Firby and Burrill.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Carricks and Castle Arms Inn.

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