North Yorkshire
Ryedale District
Pickering

Pickering Castle

Pickering Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification in , , . The original castle was made of timber, and the later stone castle was a temporary prison for Richard II in 1399.
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  • Opening hours:
    April 1st—October 29th: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    October 30th—November 5th: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pickering railway station and Beck Isle Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the southern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and serves the town of in , . The first railway arrived in Pickering from the north in 1836, however, it wasn't until the railway was connected from the south in 1845, that the current station was built. is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Pickering Castle.

Museum
Photo: Geoff King, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The of Rural Life is a social history museum in , , . The museum features period business displays including the shops of a barber, blacksmith, chemist, cobbler, cooper, printer, gentleman's draper, dairy, and hardware store. is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Pickering Castle.

Church
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The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering is the of the market town of in the county of . The church sits on the top of a small hill in the centre of the town and its spire is visible across the Ryedale district. is situated 1,600 feet south of Pickering Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newbridge and Middleton.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, near in , England. There is a level crossing in the hamlet over the -North York Moors Railway, but the railway calls the place New Bridge.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in , England. It is situated on the A170 road to the west of . is Grade I listed.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet and civil parish near the town of , . It lies on the A170 to the west of between and . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Pickering Castle.

Pickering Castle

Latitude
54.25021° or 54° 15′ 1″ north
Longitude
-0.77603° or 0° 46′ 34″ west
Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C6X762F+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27788465
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287331
Wiki­data ID
Q7190805
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pickering Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pickering Castle”
  • Chinese: “皮克林城堡”
  • Danish: “Pickering Castle”
  • French: “château de Pickering”
  • French: “Château de Pickering”
  • German: “Pickering Castle”
  • Italian: “castello di Pickering”
  • Italian: “Castello di Pickering”
  • Persian: “پیکرینگ”
  • Swedish: “Pickering 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 “Pickering Castle”. Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.