Hylton Castle
Hylton Castle is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally built from wood by the Hilton family shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was later rebuilt in stone in the late 14th to early 15th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hylton Chapel and Castle View Enterprise Academy.
Castle View Enterprise Academy
School
Castle View Enterprise Academy is a Sponsored Academy in Sunderland, England. Castle View Enterprise Academy is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Hylton Castle.
North East Land, Sea and Air Museums
Museum
The North East Land, Sea and Air Museums, formerly the North East Aircraft Museum, is a volunteer-run aviation museum situated on the site of the former RAF Usworth/Sunderland Airport, between Washington and Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. North East Land, Sea and Air Museums is situated 1 mile west of Hylton Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hylton Red House and Hylton Castle.
Hylton Red House
Suburb
Hylton Red House, known locally just as Red House, is a suburb in the north east of Sunderland, England, situated between Downhill to the west and Marley Pots and Witherwack to the east.
Hylton Castle
Suburb
Hylton Castle is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is named after the nearby Hylton Castle.
South Hylton
Suburb
South Hylton is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Lying west of Sunderland city centre on the south bank of the River Wear, South Hylton has a population of 10,317.
Hylton Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Sunderland, UK
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.92256° or 54° 55′ 21″ northLongitude
-1.44325° or 1° 26′ 36″ westElevation
135 feet (41 metres)Operator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C6WWHF4+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 150931583OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hylton Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hylton Castle”
- Chinese: “希爾頓城堡”
- Danish: “Hylton Castle”
- French: “château de Hylton”
- French: “Château de Hylton”
- German: “Hylton Castle”
- Russian: “Замок Хилтон”
- Swedish: “Hylton Castle”
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