Lumley Castle

Lumley Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near the city Durham, and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough.

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Riverside Ground and Lambton Castle.

Riverside Ground

Stadium

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The Riverside Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as the Banks Homes Riverside, is a cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. It is home to Durham County Cricket Club, and has also hosted several international matches. Riverside Ground is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Lumley Castle.

Lambton Castle

Castle

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Lambton Castle stands above Chester-le-Street, County Durham and is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham. It is listed in the mid-category of listed building, Grade II*. Lambton Castle is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Lumley Castle.

Chester-le-Street Hospital

Hospital

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Chester-le-Street Hospital is a health facility in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. It is managed by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. Chester-le-Street Hospital is situated 1 mile west of Lumley Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chester-le-Street and Lumley Thicks.

Chester-le-Street

Photo: JohnBlackburne, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, with a population of 23,500 in 2021. It's a commuter town for Newcastle 8 miles north; the main reason to visit is Durham CCC cricket ground, which stages county and international matches.

Lumley Thicks

Hamlet

Lumley Thicks is a small village in County Durham, in England. It is situated between Chester-le-Street and Houghton-le-Spring, north of Great Lumley.

Great Lumley

Village

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Great Lumley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated south east of Chester-le-Street, near Lumley Castle. It has a population of 3,630 as of the 2021 census.

Lumley Castle

Type: Castle
Description: Grade I listed quadrangular castle in County Durham, England, UK
Categories: quadrangular castle, country house hotel, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Little Lumley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.85343° or 54° 51′ 12″ north

Longitude

-1.55328° or 1° 33′ 12″ west

Elevation

135 feet (41 metres)

Open location code

9C6WVC3W+9M

GeoNames ID

6287035

Wikidata ID

Q6703353

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

Cebuano: “Lumley Castle”
Chinese: “藍麗城堡”
Danish: “Lumley Castle”
French: “château de Lumley”
French: “Château de Lumley”
German: “Lumley Castle”
Italian: “Castello di Lumley”
Japanese: “ラムリー城”
Polish: “Zamek Lumley”
Russian: “Ламли (замок)”
Russian: “Ламли”
Spanish: “Castillo de Lumley”
Swedish: “Lumley Castle”
Turkish: “Lumley Kalesi”

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