Chartley Castle
Chartley Castle lies in ruins to the north of the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire, between Stafford and Uttoxeter. Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned on the estate in 1585.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: stephen jones, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Amerton Railway and Church of St John the Baptist.
Amerton Railway
Museum
The Amerton Railway is a 2 ft narrow gauge heritage railway in the English county of Staffordshire. It is owned by Staffordshire Narrow Gauge Railway Limited, a registered charity, and operated by volunteers. Amerton Railway is situated 1 mile west of Chartley Castle.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Baptist is situated 1 mile southwest of Chartley Castle.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter is situated 2 miles south of Chartley Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hixon and Gayton.
Hixon
Village
Hixon is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire.grid reference SK003259… Hixon is situated 1½ miles south of Chartley Castle.
Gayton
Hamlet
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gayton is a small rural village and civil parish in Staffordshire, located approximately 1 mile from the A51 between Stone and Stafford. In 2001 it had 167 residents, with 1 letter box, one bus stop, and new village hall. Gayton is situated 2 miles west of Chartley Castle.
Fradswell
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fradswell is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 7 miles north-east of the town of Stafford and 7 miles north of Colwich. Fradwell was first mentioned as part of the Colwich parish in the Domesday Book, where it is listed as Frodawelle or Frodeswelle, and it is likely to have been an Anglian settlement established during the Dark Ages. Fradswell is situated 2 miles northwest of Chartley Castle.
Chartley Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in the UK
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Stowe-by-Chartley, Stafford District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.85397° or 52° 51′ 14″ northLongitude
-1.98578° or 1° 59′ 9″ westElevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
9C4WV237+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 98325444OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6287297Wikidata ID
Q5086927
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Chartley Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chartley Castle”
- Danish: “Chartley Castle”
- Danish: “Slot Chartley”
- Dutch: “Chartley Castle”
- Dutch: “Slot Chartley”
- French: “château de Chartley”
- French: “Château de Chartley”
- German: “Chartley Castle”
- Japanese: “チャートリー城”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Chartley”
- Swedish: “Chartley Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Chartley”
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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 “Chartley Castle”. Photo: stephen jones, CC BY 2.0.