North West England
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Lancaster

Lancaster Castle

Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in in the English county of . Its early history is unclear, but it may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the .
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  • Email: info@lancastercastle.com
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed castle in Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Castle Lancaster”, “Castle of Lancaster”, and “John O’ Gaunt’s Castle”
  • Address: Castle Parade, Lancaster, LA1 1YJ
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lancaster Priory and Lancaster Railway Station.

Church
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, formally the Priory Church of St Mary, is the Church of England parish church of the city of , England. It is located near Lancaster Castle and since 1953 has been designated a Grade I listed building.

Railway station
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the city of Lancaster, in , England. It is one of the principal stations on the West Coast Main Line, located 20 miles 78 chains north of . is situated 660 feet southwest of Lancaster Castle.

Museum
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The Judges' Lodgings, formerly a town house and now a museum, is located between Church Street and Castle Hill, , , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skerton and Aldcliffe.

Suburb
is an area in the north of , , England, on the other side of the to the castle. It was formerly a township, but in the late 1800s it was incorporated into Lancaster and the neighbouring townships. takes the A6 southwards towards the city centre.

Village
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is a hamlet, and former township and civil parish, now in the parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, south-west of , in the Lancaster district, in the county of , England.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , , on the North West coast of England. In the 2001 census, the Ward had a population of 6,758 living in 3,118 households, decreasing marginally to 6,755 at the 2011 Census. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Lancaster Castle.

Lancaster Castle

Latitude
54.04993° or 54° 2′ 60″ north
Longitude
-2.80534° or 2° 48′ 19″ west
Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)
Open location code
9C6V25XV+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48815019
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6287284
Wiki­data ID
Q2969640
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lancaster Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lancaster Castle”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەڵای لانکاستەر”
  • Chinese: “蘭卡斯特城堡”
  • Chinese: “蘭開斯特城堡”
  • Danish: “Lancaster Castle”
  • Dutch: “Lancaster Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Lancaster”
  • French: “château de Lancaster”
  • French: “Château de Lancaster”
  • French: “Château de Lancastre”
  • French: “Lancaster Castle”
  • German: “Lancaster Castle”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Lancaster”
  • Japanese: “ランカスター・キャッスル”
  • Japanese: “ランカスター城”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Castel de Lancaster”
  • Persian: “قلعه لنکستر”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Lancaster”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Lancaster”
  • Russian: “Ланкастерский замок”
  • Swedish: “Lancaster Castle”
  • Uzbek: “Lankaster qasri”
  • Welsh: “Castell Caerhirfryn”

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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 “Lancaster Castle”. Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.