Saltwood Castle
Saltwood Castle is a castle in Saltwood village, one mile north of Hythe, Kent, England. Of 11th century origin, the castle was expanded in the 13th and 14th centuries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Saltwood, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Saltwood Castle (uninhabited portions)”
- Postal code: CT21 4QU
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Peter and St Paul, Saltwood and St Leonard’s Church, Hythe.
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Saltwood
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Saltwood is situated 1,100 feet west of Saltwood Castle.
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
Church
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Leonard's Church is a Church of England parish church in Hythe, Kent. It was originally built in the late 11th century and is a Grade I listed building. St Leonard’s Church, Hythe is situated 3,300 feet south of Saltwood Castle.
Brockhill Country Park
Park
Brockhill Country Park is in Saltwood, near Hythe in Kent, England. The park was a former estate with landscaped gardens and has subsequently been sub-divided.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hythe and Sandling.
Hythe
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hythe is in the District of Shepway, in Kent. In medieval times Hythe was one of the Cinque Ports responsible for England's maritime defence. Then the Kent coast silted up, leaving the village inland.
Sandling
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saltwood is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe District of Kent, England. Within the parish are the small hamlets of Pedlinge and Sandling.
Pedlinge
Hamlet
Pedlinge is an English hamlet in the Kent parish of Saltwood. It comprises a chapel of ease, house, two cottages and a gatehouse to Sandling Park estate.
Saltwood Castle
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Saltwood, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.08181° or 51° 4′ 55″ northLongitude
1.08438° or 1° 5′ 4″ eastElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9F3333JM+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 297367809OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6287209Wikidata ID
Q402419
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Saltwood Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Saltwood Castle”
- Chinese: “海斯索活城堡”
- Danish: “Saltwood Castle”
- French: “château de Saltwood”
- French: “Château de Saltwood”
- Georgian: “სალტვუდის ციხე-სიმაგრე”
- Georgian: “სალტვუდის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Saltwood Castle”
- Russian: “Солтвудский замок”
- Swedish: “Saltwood Castle”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bargrove and Orchard Valley.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Grange Farm and The Saltwood Social Club.
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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 “Saltwood Castle”. Photo: Edgepedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.