Mitford Castle
Mitford Castle is an English castle dating from the end of the 11th century and located in the village of Mitford, Northumberland, to the west of Morpeth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed castle in Mitford, Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Mitford Castle: a motte and bailey and shell keep castle, medieval chapel, graveyard and field system”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mitford Hall and Morpeth Castle.
Mitford Hall
Residential area
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Mitford Hall is a Georgian mansion house and Grade II* listed building standing in its own 85-acre park overlooking the River Wansbeck at Mitford, Northumberland. Mitford Hall is situated 1,800 feet west of Mitford Castle.
Morpeth Castle
Castle
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Morpeth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Morpeth, Northumberland, in northeast England. It has been restored by the Landmark Trust and is now available as a holiday rental home. Morpeth Castle is situated 2 miles east of Mitford Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tranwell and Morpeth.
Tranwell
Village
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Tranwell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mitford, in the county of Northumberland, England, about 1 mile south west of Morpeth. Tranwell is situated 1½ miles southeast of Mitford Castle.
Morpeth
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Morpeth is a market town on the River Wansbeck in Northumberland in northeast England, with a population in 2021 of 14,400. Its main sight is the chantry and bagpipes museum.
Tranwell Airfield
Locality
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Tranwell Airfield is a former airfield located 3.3 miles southwest of Morpeth and 11.5 miles north west of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. Tranwell Airfield is situated 2½ miles south of Mitford Castle.
Mitford Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mitford, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mitford Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mitford Castle”
- Danish: “Mitford Castle”
- German: “Mitford Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Mitford”
- Japanese: “ミットフォード城”
- Swedish: “Mitford Castle”
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