Bolsover Castle
Bolsover Castle is in the town of Bolsover, in the north-east of the English county of Derbyshire. 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.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 550 feet (170 metres)
- …is also known as “Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country hou”
- …is operated by English Heritage
- Description: castle in England
Places of Interest Nearby
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St Mary and St Laurence’s Church, Bolsover
St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover is a Grade…
1,900 feet southeast of Bolsover Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolsover and Carr Vale.
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Latitude
53.23098° or 53° 13′ 52″ north
Longitude
-1.29729° or 1° 17′ 50″ west
Open location code
9C5W6PJ3+93
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = castle
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Bolsover Castle” goes by many names.
Bolsover gazteluaBasque
Bolsover CastleCebuano
博爾索弗城堡Chinese
Bolsover CastleDanish
Bolsover CastleDutch
Kasteel van BolsoverDutch
Caisleán BolsoverIrish
Castello di BolsoverItalian
ボルゾーバー城Japanese
Замок БолсоверRussian
Bolsover CastleSwedish
Bolsover KalesiTurkish
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