Penwortham Castle
Penwortham Castle was built on the south bank of the River Ribble, at Penwortham to the west of Preston, Lancashire, England, at grid reference SD524291.Photo: Devadude2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Penwortham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Castle Hill”, “Castle Hill motte”, and “Penwortham Castle Hill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Penwortham and Preston Railway Station.
St Mary’s Church, Penwortham
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is in Church Avenue, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
Preston Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Miss Saff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Preston railway station serves the city of Preston, in Lancashire, England. It is an interchange on the West Coast Main Line, which lies approximately half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central. Preston Railway Station is situated 3,400 feet east of Penwortham Castle.
Church of St Walburge, Preston
Church
St Walburge's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Preston, Lancashire, England, northwest of the city centre on Weston Street. The church was built in the mid-19th century to a design by the Gothic Revival architect Joseph Hansom, the designer of the hansom cab, and is famous as having the tallest spire of any parish church in England. Church of St Walburge, Preston is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Penwortham Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penwortham and Preston.
Penwortham
Town
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penwortham is a town and civil parish in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, on the south bank of the River Ribble facing the city of Preston. The town is at the most westerly crossing point of the river, with major road and rail links crossing it here.
Preston
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university.
Whitestake
Village
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham. Whitestake is situated 2½ miles south of Penwortham Castle.
Penwortham Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Penwortham, South Ribble, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Penwortham Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penwortham Castle Hill”
- German: “Penwortham Castle”
- Swedish: “Penwortham Castle Hill”
- Turkish: “Penwortham Kalesi”
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