Chilham Castle

Chilham Castle is a Jacobean manor house and keep in the village of Chilham, between Ashford and Canterbury in the county of Kent, England. The keep is of Norman origin and dates to 1174, although it may have been built on an older Anglo-Saxon fortification.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Church of St Mary, Chilham and The White Horse.

Church of St Mary, Chilham

Church

Church of St Mary, Chilham

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Church of St Mary, Chilham is situated 890 feet northeast of Chilham Castle.

The White Horse

Restaurant

The White Horse

Photo: Jonathan Cardy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The White Horse is a restaurant, which is situated 700 feet northeast of Chilham Castle.

Woolpack Inn

Pub

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Woolpack Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,300 feet east of Chilham Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chilham and Old Wives Lees.

Chilham

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chilham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England.

Old Wives Lees

Village

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Old Wives Lees is a village.

Godmersham

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Godmersham is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. Godmersham is situated 2 miles south of Chilham Castle.

Chilham Castle

Type: Castle
Description: Grade I listed country house in Chilham, Kent, England, UK
Categories: house, English country house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Chilham, Ashford, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.24299° or 51° 14′ 35″ north

Longitude

0.95984° or 0° 57′ 35″ east

Elevation

200 feet (61 metres)

Open location code

9F326XV5+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Chilham Castle” goes by many names.

Basque: “Chilham gaztelua”
Cebuano: “Chilham Castle”
Danish: “Chilham Castle”
French: “château de Chilham”
French: “Château de Chilham”
German: “Chilham Castle”
Spanish: “Chilham Castle”
Swedish: “Chilham Castle”
Turkish: “Chilham Kalesi”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Julliberrie Downs and Shottenden.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Woodlands and Orchards and Taylors Hill.

Kent: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Canterbury and Dover.

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