Derbyshire
High Peak District
Castleton

Peveril Castle

Peveril Castle is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of in the English county of . It was the main settlement of the feudal barony of William Peverel, known as the Honour of Peverel, and was founded some time between the…
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Castleton Castle”, “Peak Castle”, and “Peveril Castle eleventh to fourteenth century tower keep castle”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peak Cavern and St Edmund’s Church, Castleton.

Cave
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Devil's Arse, is one of the four show caves in , England. Peakshole Water flows through and out of the cave, which has the largest natural cave entrance in Britain. is situated 410 feet southwest of Peveril Castle.

Church
Photo: Wally Haines, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Edmund's Church, Castleton, is a Grade II* listed in the Church of England in . is situated 790 feet north of Peveril Castle.

Memorial
Photo: Tony Bacon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 20th-century grade II listed in , . is situated 470 feet northeast of Peveril Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bradwell and Aston.

Village
Photo: Graham Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the of . The population in 2022 was 1,787. It lies south of the main body of the but is usually included among its settlements. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Peveril Castle.

Hamlet
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the district of , England, located in the near . According to the 2001 census it had a population of 100, increasing to 155 and including Ashopton in the Census 2011. is situated 2½ miles east of Peveril Castle.

Hamlet
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small settlement in the civil parish of , , England. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Peveril Castle.

Peveril Castle

Latitude
53.34076° or 53° 20′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.77685° or 1° 46′ 37″ west
Elevation
843 feet (257 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C5W86RF+87
Open­Street­Map ID
way 148822095
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­grass
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6287300
Wiki­data ID
Q255574
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Peveril Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة بيفريل”
  • Basque: “Peveril gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “castell de Peveril”
  • Cebuano: “Peveril Castle”
  • Chinese: “貝佛瑞城堡”
  • Danish: “Peveril Castle”
  • Dutch: “Peveril Castle”
  • Finnish: “Peverilin linna”
  • French: “château de Castleton”
  • French: “château de Peak”
  • French: “château de Peveril”
  • French: “Château de Peveril”
  • German: “Peveril Castle”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Peveril”
  • Italian: “Castello di Castleton”
  • Italian: “Castello Peveril”
  • Japanese: “ペヴリル城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peveril Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Peveril Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Peveril”
  • Russian: “Замок Певерил”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Peveril”
  • Swedish: “Peveril Castle”

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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 “Peveril Castle”. Photo: Darren Copley, CC BY 2.0.