Farnham Castle
Farnham Castle is a 12th-century castle in Farnham, Surrey, England. It was formerly the residence of the Bishops of Winchester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lewis Hulbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as: “Farnham Castle (comprising Castle Buildings To The South Only)”
- Address: Farnham, GU9 0AG
- Roof shape: gabled
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crafts Study Centre and Museum of Farnham.
Crafts Study Centre
Arts center
Photo: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Crafts Study Centre is a university museum of modern crafts, located next to the entrance of the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham, Surrey. Crafts Study Centre is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Farnham Castle.
Museum of Farnham
Museum
Photo: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Farnham is located in Willmer House, an 18th-century town house completed in 1718 with a decorative brickwork façade on West Street in Farnham in Surrey. Museum of Farnham is situated 2,000 feet south of Farnham Castle.
Guildford House
House
Photo: BabelStone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Guildford House is situated 640 feet southeast of Farnham Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hale and Compton.
Hale
Village
Hale is a village in Surrey, England. It lies just north of Farnham, towards Aldershot, with Badshot Lea to the east. Some maps show Lower Hale and Upper Hale, but the area between the two is indistinct.
Compton
Neighborhood
Heath End
Neighborhood
Heath End is a village in the Waverley district of Surrey, England, traditionally part of the large town parish of Farnham. Heath End is smaller in area than most villages and does not have an Anglican church so does not meet the older criteria for villages in England.
Farnham Castle
- Categories: historic house museum, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Farnham, Waverley District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.21858° or 51° 13′ 7″ northLongitude
-0.80205° or 0° 48′ 7″ westElevation
361 feet (110 metres)Levels
4Open location code
9C3X659X+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 189966655OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabled
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Farnham Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Farnham Castle”
- Chinese: “法納咸城堡”
- Chinese: “法納姆城堡”
- Danish: “Farnham Castle”
- French: “château de Farnham”
- French: “Château de Farnham”
- German: “Farnham Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת פרנהאם”
- Swedish: “Farnham 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 “Farnham Castle”. Photo: Lewis Hulbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.