Restormel Castle
Restormel Castle lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England, UK. It is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall, the others being Launceston, Tintagel and Trematon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle, now ruinous, north of Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lostwithiel railway station and Lostwithiel Stannary Palace.
Lostwithiel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lostwithiel railway station serves the town of Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England. It is 277 miles 36 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. Lostwithiel railway station is situated 1 mile south of Restormel Castle.
Lostwithiel Stannary Palace
Historic building
The Stannary Palace, also known as the Duchy Palace, was a complex of buildings operated by the Dukes of Cornwall as the centre of their administration. The surviving exchequer hall is a Grade I listed building. Lostwithiel Stannary Palace is situated 1 mile south of Restormel Castle.
Edgcumbe House
Government office
Edgcumbe House is a government office, which is situated 1 mile south of Restormel Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lostwithiel and Sweetshouse.
Lostwithiel
Town
Bodmin a small town of around 15,000 people in the middle of North Cornwall to the south west of Bodmin Moor. It was the major religious and administrative centre for Cornwall throughout the Middle Ages from the late Saxon period onwards.
Sweetshouse
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sweetshouse is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about one mile south of Lanhydrock.
Bofarnel
Hamlet
Bofarnel is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It lies within the civil parish of St Winnow, 6 miles southeast of Bodmin and 2.5 miles north of Lostwithiel. Bodmin Parkway railway station is 1 km to the north of the hamlet.
Restormel Castle
- Categories: local authority museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lostwithiel, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Restormel Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة رستورمل”
- Basque: “Restormel gaztelua”
- Catalan: “Restormel Castle”
- Cebuano: “Restormel Castle”
- Chinese: “瑞思特梅爾城堡”
- Chinese: “瑞斯特姆城堡”
- Chinese: “里斯托默城堡”
- Cornish: “Kastel Rostorrmel”
- Czech: “Restormel Castle”
- Danish: “Restormel Castle”
- Dutch: “Restormel Castle”
- French: “château de Restormel”
- French: “Château de Restormel”
- German: “Restormel Castle”
- Hungarian: “Restormel-vár”
- Italian: “Restormel Castle”
- Japanese: “レストーメル城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Restormel”
- Swedish: “Restormel Castle”
- Welsh: “Kastel Rostorrmel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bridgend and Downend.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Restormel and Best Western The Restormel Lodge Hotel.
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