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Lewes Castle

Lewes Castle is a medieval castle in the town of in , . Originally called Bray Castle, it occupies a commanding position guarding the gap in the cut by the River Ouse and occupied by the towns of Lewes and Cliffe.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed ruins in Lewes, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Keep To Lewes Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barbican House and Lewes Crown Court.

Museum
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a sixteenth century house next to Lewes Castle. It is now used as a museum, and is the headquarters of the Sussex Archaeological Society. The house is a Grade II* listed building.

Courthouse
Photo: Sussexonian, Public domain.
is a Crown Court venue in Lewes High Street, , , England. It forms part of the Lewes Combined Court Centre which it shares with Lewes County Court. is situated 520 feet east of Lewes Castle.

Town hall
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipal building in the High Street in , , England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Lewes Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. is situated 700 feet east of Lewes Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingston near Lewes and Barcombe Mills.

Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of , England. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book and is located two miles south of and is nestled in the . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Lewes Castle.

Hamlet
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small settlement and an area of countryside including a local near the village of Barcombe Cross in , England. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Lewes Castle.

Village
Ringmer is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of , England. The village is 3 miles east of . Other small settlements in the parish include Upper Wellingham, Ashton Green, , Norlington, Little Norlington and Shortgate. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Lewes Castle.

Lewes Castle

Latitude
50.87287° or 50° 52′ 22″ north
Longitude
0.00753° or 0° 0′ 27″ east
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Inception
1069
Open location code
9F22V2F5+42
Open­Street­Map ID
way 297502777
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287202
Wiki­data ID
Q386703
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lewes Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lewes Castle”
  • Danish: “Lewes Castle”
  • Dutch: “Lewes Castle”
  • French: “château de Lewes”
  • French: “Château de Lewes”
  • German: “Lewes Castle”
  • Japanese: “ルイス城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lewes Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Lewes Castle”
  • Persian: “قلعه لوئیس”
  • Russian: “Замок Льюис”
  • Swedish: “Lewes Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Lewes”

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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 “Lewes Castle”. Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.