Bickleigh Castle
Bickleigh Castle is a fortified manor house that stands on the banks of the River Exe at Bickleigh in Devon, England. Once considerably larger, Bickleigh now comprises a group of buildings from various periods which together formed a water castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed English country house in Mid Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bickleigh Court”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Devon Railway Centre and Church of St Mary.
Devon Railway Centre
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Devon Railway Centre is in the village of Bickleigh in Mid Devon, England, at the former Cadeleigh railway station on the closed Great Western Railway branch from Exeter to Dulverton, also known as the Exe Valley Railway. Devon Railway Centre is situated 2,500 feet north of Bickleigh Castle.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Bickleigh Castle.
The Fisherman’s Cot
Hotel
Photo: john spivey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fisherman's Cot is an inn on the A3072 road to the northwest of Bickleigh near Tiverton, in northeastern Devon. It is operated by Marston's Inns and lies on the River Exe. The Fisherman’s Cot is situated 2,300 feet north of Bickleigh Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cadeleigh and Butterleigh.
Cadeleigh
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cadeleigh is a small village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It sits in the hills above the valley of the River Exe and is about 15 km north of Exeter and 6 km southwest of Tiverton. Cadeleigh is situated 1½ miles northwest of Bickleigh Castle.
Butterleigh
Village
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Butterleigh is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, England situated about three miles south east of Tiverton. The village includes a public house, village hall, award-winning blacksmith and is famous for its harvest home. Butterleigh is situated 2½ miles east of Bickleigh Castle.
Up Exe
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rewe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It lies on the river Culm, 5 miles north of the city of Exeter and 9 miles south of the town of Tiverton. Up Exe is situated 2½ miles south of Bickleigh Castle.
Bickleigh Castle
- Categories: English country house, residential area, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bickleigh, Mid Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.8514° or 50° 51′ 5″ northLongitude
-3.51233° or 3° 30′ 44″ westElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9C2RVF2Q+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 205506104OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
6287074Wikidata ID
Q4903673
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bickleigh Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bickleigh Castle”
- Danish: “Bickleigh Castle”
- French: “château de Bickleigh”
- French: “Château de Bickleigh”
- German: “Bickleigh Castle”
- Swedish: “Bickleigh Castle”
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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 “Bickleigh Castle”. Photo: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0.