Bolsover Castle

Bolsover Castle is in the town of , in the north-east of the English county of . Built in the early 17th century, the present castle lies on the earthworks and ruins of the 12th-century medieval castle; the first structure of the present castle was built between 1612 and 1617 by Sir Charles Cavendish.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in England
  • Also known as: “Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country hou”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Bolsover Cundy House and St Mary and St Laurence’s Church, Bolsover.

Historic building
Photo: Gordon Elliott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a restored 17th-century… is situated 900 feet northeast of Bolsover Castle.

Church
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St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover is a Grade… is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Bolsover Castle.

School
is a mixed secondary school… is situated 1 mile southeast of Bolsover Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolsover and Carr Vale.

Photo: Lynne Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small market town of about 12,000 people in .

Suburb
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is a small village attached to the New…

Village
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is a village situated about 2 miles north…

Bolsover Castle

Latitude
53.23098° or 53° 13′ 52″ north
Longitude
-1.29729° or 1° 17′ 50″ west
Elevation
551 feet (168 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C5W6PJ3+93
Open­Street­Map ID
way 198677355
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287308
Wiki­data ID
Q2968590
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Bolsover Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bolsover gaztelua”
  • Cebuano: “Bolsover Castle”
  • Chinese: “博爾索弗城堡”
  • Danish: “Bolsover Castle”
  • Dutch: “Bolsover Castle”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Bolsover”
  • French: “château de Bolsover”
  • French: “Château de Bolsover”
  • German: “Bolsover Castle”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Bolsover”
  • Italian: “Castello di Bolsover”
  • Japanese: “ボルゾーバー城”
  • Russian: “Замок Болсовер”
  • Swedish: “Bolsover Castle”
  • Turkish: “Bolsover Kalesi”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Leaholme Estate and Hillstown.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Little Castle and Cistern House.

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