Waytemore Castle

Waytemore Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England. The remains are a Grade I listed structure. This began as a motte and bailey castle in the time of William the Conqueror.

Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Type: Castle
Description: castle in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Bishop’s Stortford Castle”, “Waytemore Castle (remains)”, and “Waytemore Castle: a motte and bailey castle immediately south of the River Stort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include War Memorial and Bishop’s Stortford railway station.

War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: John Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

War Memorial is situated 420 feet south of Waytemore Castle.

Bishop’s Stortford railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bishop's Stortford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the town of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England. It is 30 miles 27 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Sawbridgeworth and Stansted Mountfitchet stations. Bishop’s Stortford railway station is situated 2,100 feet south of Waytemore Castle.

All Saints’ Church, Hockerill

Church

Photo: Michael-thorpe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

All Saints' Church, Hockerill is a Grade II listed building, notable for being the first church designed by the 20th-century architect Stephen Dykes Bower. All Saints’ Church, Hockerill is situated 1,200 feet east of Waytemore Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bishop’s Stortford and Little Hallingbury.

Bishop’s Stortford

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bishop's Stortford is an historic market town in Hertfordshire. The historic core of Stortford is covered by a Conservation Area, with 105 heritage-listed buildings.

Little Hallingbury

Hamlet

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Hallingbury is a village and a civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies 2 miles south of the centre of Bishop's Stortford, its post town, which is over the county boundary in Hertfordshire. Little Hallingbury is situated 2½ miles south of Waytemore Castle.

Spellbrook

Hamlet

Spellbrook is a hamlet in Hertfordshire, situated between Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth. Spellbrook is situated 2½ miles south of Waytemore Castle.

Waytemore Castle

Categories: motte-and-bailey castle and historic site
Location: Bishop’s Stortford, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.87194° or 51° 52′ 19″ north

Longitude

0.16294° or 0° 9′ 47″ east

Elevation

194 feet (59 metres)

Wheelchair access

Open location code

9F32V5C7+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 79058112

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

GeoNames ID

6287246

Wikidata ID

Q4917439

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

Cebuano: “Waytemore Castle”
German: “Waytemore Castle”
Swedish: “Waytemore Castle”
Turkish: “Waytemore Kalesi”

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