Guildford Castle

Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is thought to have been built by William the Conqueror, or one of his barons, shortly after the 1066 invasion of England.

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: castle in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Address: Guildford, GU1 3TU

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Photo: Richard Nevell (WMUK), CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Guildford Museum and Castle Arch.

Guildford Museum

Museum

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Guildford Museum is the main museum in the town of Guildford, Surrey, England.

Castle Arch

Historic building

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Castle Arch is a historic building.

Guildford War Memorial

Memorial

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guildford and Onslow Village.

Guildford

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Guildford is a large town in Surrey in the South East of England.

Onslow Village

Suburb

Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi southwest of central London.

Abbotswood

Suburb

Abbotswood is a suburb of Burpham in Surrey, England, it's also quite near to Guildford.

Guildford Castle

Categories: historic house museum, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
Location: Guildford District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.23427° or 51° 14′ 3″ north

Longitude

-0.57242° or 0° 34′ 21″ west

Elevation

174 feet (53 metres)

Wheelchair access

Open location code

9C3X6CMH+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35954768

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

6287204

Wikidata ID

Q139629

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Guildford Castle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Guildford Castle”
Danish: “Guildford Castle”
Dutch: “Guildford Castle”
French: “château de Guildford”
French: “Château de Guildford”
German: “Guildford Castle”
Japanese: “ギルフォード城”
Polish: “Zamek Guildford”
Portuguese: “Castelo de Guildford”
Swedish: “Guildford Castle”
Turkish: “Guildford Kalesi”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ram Corner and Millmead.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Peak’s pond and Salvatore’s Barbers.

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Worth a closer look: Guildford and Woking.

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