Norfolk
King’s Lynn & West Norfolk District
Castle Acre

Castle Acre Castle and town walls

Castle Acre Castle and town walls are a set of ruined medieval defences built in the village of , . The castle was built soon after the Norman Conquest by William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey, at the intersection of the and the Peddars Way.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed castle in the United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Castle Acre Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castle Acre Bailey Gate and Church of St James.

City gate
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Acre Castle and town walls are a set of ruined medieval defences built in the village of , . The castle was built soon after the Norman Conquest by William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey, at the intersection of the and the Peddars Way. is situated 660 feet west of Castle Acre Castle and town walls.

Church
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1,100 feet west of Castle Acre Castle and town walls.

Photo: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0.
was a Cluniac priory in the of , , , dedicated to St Mary, St Peter, and St Paul. It is thought to have been founded in 1089 by William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey. is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Castle Acre Castle and town walls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Acre and South Acre.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the English county of . On the , it is 4 miles north of and 26 miles west of .

Village
is a village and civil parish in the county of . The village has almost disappeared, but the remnants are located about 1 km south-west of , 8 km north of the town of , 20 km east of the town of and 50 km west of the city of .

Hamlet
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the county of , England. It is 5.9 miles north of the town of , 30.6 miles west north west of and 105 miles north east of London. is situated 2 miles northeast of Castle Acre Castle and town walls.

Castle Acre Castle and town walls

Latitude
52.70316° or 52° 42′ 11″ north
Longitude
0.69119° or 0° 41′ 28″ east
Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9F42PM3R+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41668029
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287325
Wiki­data ID
Q5049976
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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 “Castle Acre Castle and town walls”. Photo: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.