Wressle Castle
Wressle Castle is a ruined palace-fortress in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Ordnance Survey grid reference SE 708316. Built for Thomas Percy in the 1390s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dupont Circle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: late 14th-century quadrangular castle in East Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ruins of Wressle Castle” and “Wressle castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wressle railway station and Church of St John of Beverley.
Wressle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Gilbertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wressle railway station is a railway station on the Selby Line that serves the village of Wressle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated 25 miles west of Hull Paragon. Wressle railway station is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Wressle Castle.
Church of St John of Beverley
Church
Photo: Charles Rispin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John of Beverley is situated 1,100 feet south of Wressle Castle.
Breighton Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breighton Aerodrome is a private aerodrome primarily used for general aviation flying located on the former Royal Air Force Breighton or more simply RAF Breighton, a former Royal Air Force station located near to the village of Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Breighton Aerodrome is situated 2 miles north of Wressle Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newsholme and Breighton.
Newsholme
Hamlet
Photo: Charles Rispin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newsholme is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-west of the market town of Howden and lies on the north side of the A63 road.
Breighton
Village
Photo: Robert Neilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breighton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the east bank of the River Derwent, approximately 5 miles north-west of Howden. It forms part of the civil parish of Bubwith. Breighton is situated 1½ miles north of Wressle Castle.
Menthorpe
Hamlet
Menthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of North Duffield in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the west bank of the River Derwent, 6 miles east of Selby. Menthorpe is situated 2 miles north of Wressle Castle.
Wressle Castle
- Categories: quadrangular castle, archaeological site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wressle, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.77575° or 53° 46′ 33″ northLongitude
-0.92896° or 0° 55′ 44″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C5XQ3GC+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 1374229214OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Wressle Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wressle Castle”
- Danish: “Wressle Castle”
- Esperanto: “Burgo de Wressle”
- French: “château de Wressle”
- French: “Château de Wressle”
- Galician: “castelo de Wressle”
- German: “Wressle Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת רסל”
- Italian: “Castello di Wressle”
- Japanese: “レスル城”
- Korean: “레슬 성”
- Korean: “레슬성”
- Spanish: “castillo de Wressle”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Wressle”
- Swedish: “Wressle Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Wressle”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Castle Farm and Wressle bus stop.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wressle Castle”. Photo: Dupont Circle, CC BY-SA 3.0.