Dartmoor
West Devon District
Lydford

Lydford Castle

Lydford Castle is a medieval castle in the town of , , England. The first castle in Lydford, sometimes termed the Norman fort, was a small ringwork built in a corner of the Anglo-Saxon fortified burh in the years after the Norman conquest of England.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Castle Inn and Brat Tor.

Pub
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is a pub.

Peak
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, also known as Brai Tor and Widgery Tor, is a dramatic granite tor on the western flank of , . It is best known for Widgery Cross, the tallest Dartmoor cross, which stands on its summit. is situated 2 miles east of Lydford Castle.

Pub
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is a pub, which is situated 1 mile east of Lydford Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bridestowe and Mary Tavy.

Village
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is a civil parish and village in the district of West Devon, , England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of , , and Sourton Common, , and Thrushelton. is situated 3 miles north of Lydford Castle.

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is a village in , in the county of . The village sits within the .

Hamlet
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or Cudliptown is a small village located near the western edge of Dartmoor National Park, northeast of Tavistock, and approximately one mile northeast of . is situated 3½ miles south of Lydford Castle.

Lydford Castle

Latitude
50.6436° or 50° 38′ 37″ north
Longitude
-4.10951° or 4° 6′ 34″ west
Elevation
709 feet (216 metres)
Open location code
9C2QJVVR+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 463288519
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287048
Wiki­data ID
Q6707560
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Lydford Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lydford Castle”
  • Chinese: “理霍槷堡”
  • Danish: “Lydford Castle”
  • German: “Lydford Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Лидфорд”
  • Swedish: “Lydford Castle”
  • Uzbek: “Lidford qasri”

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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 “Lydford Castle”. Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 1.0.