Southampton Castle
Southampton Castle was located in the town of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Constructed after the Norman conquest of England, it was located in the north-west corner of the town overlooking the River Test, initially as a wooden motte and bailey design.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Southampton, England
- Also known as: “Southampton Castle Wall Running From Forest View To Castle Lane”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tudor House and Garden and St Joseph’s Church, Southampton.
Tudor House and Garden
Museum
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY 2.0.
Tudor House and Garden is a historic building, museum, tourist attraction, and Grade I listed building in Southampton, England. Established as Southampton's first museum in 1912, the house was closed for nine years between 2002 and 2011 during an extensive renovation.
St Joseph’s Church, Southampton
Church
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Southampton, Hampshire. It is situated on Bugle Street, in the centre of the city, north of Town Quay.
St Michael’s Church
Church
Photo: Richard Nevell (WMUK), CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Michael the Archangel Church is the oldest building still in use in the city of Southampton, England, founded in 1070. It is the only church still active of the five originally in the medieval walled town. The church is a Grade I Listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Mary’s and Northam.
St Mary’s
Suburb
St Mary's is an inner city area of Southampton in England. It consists of two areas separated by Six Dials junction. The northern section of the district is bounded by St Mary's Road and some streets to the west and the area to the east is Nicholstown-Newtown.
Northam
Suburb
Northam is a suburb of Southampton in Hampshire. On the West bank of the River Itchen, it shares borders with St Mary's, Bitterne and Bevois Valley. Beside the border with St Mary's is the Chapel area, which has been home to some recent apartment building developments in Northam.
Freemantle
Suburb
Freemantle is a suburb and electoral ward in Southampton, England. There are similarly named places in Hampshire: notably Henry II's hunting lodge in Kingsclere; an area near Hannington; and Freemantle Common in Bitterne.
Southampton Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Southampton Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Southamptongo gaztelua”
- Cebuano: “Southampton Castle”
- Danish: “Southampton Castle”
- Finnish: “Southamptonin linna”
- German: “Southampton Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Southampton”
- Swedish: “Southampton Castle”
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