Dacre Castle
Dacre Castle is a moated tower house in the village of Dacre, 4 miles south-west of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It was constructed in the mid-14th century, probably by Margaret Multon, against the background of the threat of Scottish invasion and raids, and was held in the Dacre family until the 17th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Geoff Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Dacre and Horse And Farrier Inn And Stables.
St Andrew’s Church, Dacre
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is in the village of Dacre, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Penrith, and the diocese of Carlisle. St Andrew’s Church, Dacre is situated 510 feet north of Dacre Castle.
Horse And Farrier Inn And Stables
Pub
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horse And Farrier Inn And Stables is a pub, which is situated 700 feet northwest of Dacre Castle.
Dalemain
Photo: Geoff Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dalemain is a country house around five miles southwest of Penrith in Cumbria, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Dalemain sits within the Lake District National Park. Dalemain is situated 1 mile east of Dacre Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dacre and Soulby.
Dacre
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dacre is a small village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District National Park in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, but historically in the traditional county of Cumberland.
Soulby
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Soulby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dacre, near the villages of Dacre and Pooley Bridge and the A592 road, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria.
Pooley Bridge
Village
Photo: Tony Peacock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pooley Bridge is a village in the Westmorland and Furness of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland.
Dacre Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: moated tower house in the village of Dacre, Cumbria, England, UK
- Categories: tower house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dacre, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.63067° or 54° 37′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.83742° or 2° 50′ 15″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Open location code
9C6VJ5J7+72OpenStreetMap ID
way 331526791OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
6287087Wikidata ID
Q5207734
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Dacre Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dacre Castle”
- Danish: “Dacre Castle”
- Russian: “Замок Дакр”
- Swedish: “Dacre Castle”
- Uzbek: “Dakr qasri”
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