Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle, on the northeast coast of , by the village of in , is a Grade I listed building. The site was originally the location of a Celtic Brittonic fort known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the kingdom of Bernicia from its foundation c.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Bamburgh, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Bamborough Castle”
  • Address: Bamburgh, NE69 7DF
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include RNLI Grace Darling Museum and St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh.

Museum
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is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Bamburgh Castle.

Church
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St Aidan's Church is a Grade I listed Church of England building in the Diocese of Newcastle. is situated 1,600 feet west of Bamburgh Castle.

Hotel
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is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Bamburgh Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bamburgh and Burton.

Village
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is a village and civil parish on the coast of , England. It had a population of 454 in 2001, decreasing to 414 at the 2011 census.

Locality
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is a hamlet in the civil parish of , in the county of , England. It is situated to the south of the village of Bamburgh, a short distance inland from the coast.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of in the county of , England, about 1.25 miles south west of Bamburgh. In 1951 the parish had a population of 13.

Bamburgh Castle

Latitude
55.60945° or 55° 36′ 34″ north
Longitude
-1.7108° or 1° 42′ 39″ west
Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)
Open location code
9C7WJ75Q+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 301645315
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6287356
Wiki­data ID
Q2026185
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Bamburgh Castle” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բամբորո դղյակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bamburq qalası”
  • Basque: “Bamburgheko gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “castell de Bamburgh”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Bamburgh”
  • Cebuano: “Bamburgh Castle”
  • Chinese: “班伯城堡”
  • Chinese: “班堡城堡”
  • Czech: “Bamburgh”
  • Czech: “Hrad Bamburgh”
  • Danish: “Bamburgh Castle”
  • Dutch: “Bamburgh Castle”
  • French: “château de Bamburgh”
  • French: “Château de Bamburgh”
  • German: “Bamburgh Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת במברג”
  • Hindi: “बैम्बर्ग कैसल”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Bamburgh”
  • Italian: “castello di Bamburgh”
  • Italian: “Castello di Bamburgh”
  • Japanese: “バンバラ城”
  • Japanese: “バンブラ城”
  • Malay: “Istana Kota Bamburgh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bamburgh Castle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bamburgh slott”
  • Norwegian: “Bamburgh Castle”
  • Polish: “Zamek Bamburgh”
  • Portuguese: “Bamburgh Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Bebbanburg”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Bamburgh”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Bamburgo”
  • Russian: “Бамбург”
  • Russian: “Замок Бамборо”
  • Russian: “Замок Бамбург”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Bamburgh”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Bamburgh”
  • Swedish: “Bamburgh Castle”
  • Turkish: “Bamburgh Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бамбург”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Bamburgh”
  • Wu Chinese: “班堡城堡”

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