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.

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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

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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 and an award-winning blacksmith. It 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″ north

Longitude

-3.51233° or 3° 30′ 44″ west

Elevation

177 feet (54 metres)

Open location code

9C2RVF2Q+H3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 205506104

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

GeoNames ID

6287074

Wikidata ID

Q4903673

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“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”
Turkish: “Bickleigh Kalesi”

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