Bramber Castle
Bramber Castle is the ruins of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, formerly the caput of the large feudal barony of Bramber long held by the Braose family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain.
Photo: Photographer Dave Faulkner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Norman castle in Bamber, West Sussex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bramber Castle Ruins”
Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Nicholas’ Church, Bramber and Steyning Methodist Church.
St Nicholas’ Church, Bramber
Church
St Nicholas' Church, Bramber is a Church of England parish church in the village of Bramber, West Sussex. Dating back to approximately 1073, the fabric of the church is still mainly Norman though with some rebuilding and restoration work from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. St Nicholas’ Church, Bramber is situated 430 feet southeast of Bramber Castle.
Steyning Methodist Church
Church
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.
Steyning Methodist Church is a Methodist place of worship serving Steyning and surrounding villages in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. Built for a Wesleyan Methodist congregation who had outgrown an earlier chapel nearby, the Gothic Revival building opened in 1878 and has since been extended. Steyning Methodist Church is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Bramber Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bramber and Steyning.
Bramber
Village
Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY 3.0.
Bramber is a former manor, village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It has a ruined medieval castle which was the caput of a large feudal barony.
Steyning
Town
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Steyning is a town and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of the coastal town of Shoreham-by-Sea.
Upper Beeding
Village
Upper Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the northern end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea and has a land area of 1,877 hectares.
Bramber Castle
Latitude
50.88386° or 50° 53′ 2″ northLongitude
-0.31641° or 0° 18′ 59″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9C2XVMMM+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 589251325OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bramber Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bramber Castle”
- Chinese: “布蘭伯城堡”
- Danish: “Bramber Castle”
- French: “château de Bramber”
- French: “Château de Bramber”
- German: “Bramber Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Bramber”
- Italian: “Castello di Bramber”
- Russian: “Замок Брамбер”
- Swedish: “Bramber 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 “Bramber Castle”. Photo: Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain.