Whittington Castle
Whittington Castle is a castle in northern Shropshire, England, owned and managed by the Whittington Castle Preservation Fund. The castle was originally a motte-and-bailey castle, but this was replaced in the 13th century by one with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Park Hall.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
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Church of St John the Baptist is situated 520 feet northeast of Whittington Castle.
Park Hall
Stadium
Photo: Wp webbie, Public domain.
Park Hall Stadium is a football stadium to the north-east of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. It was opened by Shropshire County Council in 1993, originally as the home of Oswestry Town. Park Hall is situated 1 mile west of Whittington Castle.
Halston Hall
Castle
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Halston Hall is a Grade I listed building in the parish of Whittington, Shropshire, England. A country house first built around 1690, it was given protected status in January 1952. Halston Hall is situated 1 mile east of Whittington Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whittington and Gobowen.
Whittington
Village
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Oswestry is a market town and historic railway town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. Oswestry is the largest settlement within the Oswestry Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.
Gobowen
Village
Photo: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gobowen is a village in Shropshire, England, about 3 miles north of Oswestry. The population according to the 2011 census was 3,270. Gobowen is situated 2 miles northwest of Whittington Castle.
Oswestry
Oswestry is a market town and historic railway town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. Oswestry is the largest settlement within the Oswestry Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.
Whittington Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Shropshire, England, UK
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Whittington, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.87341° or 52° 52′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.00368° or 3° 0′ 13″ westElevation
305 feet (93 metres)Open location code
9C4RVXFW+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1379383799OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Whittington Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Whittington Castle”
- Danish: “Whittington Castle”
- French: “château de Whittington”
- French: “Château de Whittington”
- German: “Whittington Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Whittington”
- Spanish: “Castillo de whittington”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Whittington”
- Swedish: “Whittington Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Whittington”
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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 “Whittington Castle”. Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.