Wormegay Castle
Wormegay Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork, located next to the village of Wormegay in the English county of Norfolk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Wormegay, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Motte and bailey castle in Wormegay village”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Botolph and Church of St Michael.
Church of St Botolph
Church
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Botolph is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Wormegay Castle.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 1 mile east of Wormegay Castle.
Wormegay Church of England Primary School
School
Photo: Ben Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wormegay Church of England Primary School is situated 4,200 feet west of Wormegay Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wormegay and Shouldham.
Wormegay
Village
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wormegay is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 9 kilometres south of King's Lynn and 60 km west of Norwich. It covers an area of 12.18 km2 and had a population of 339 in 141 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 359 at the 2011 census.
Shouldham
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shouldham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 16.04 km2 and had a population of 608 in 246 households at the 2001 census, the population reducing slightly to 605 at the 2011 census. Shouldham is situated 2 miles southeast of Wormegay Castle.
Watlington
Village
Photo: Collard, Public domain.
Watlington is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 6.93 km2 and had a population of 2,031 in 852 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 2,455 at the 2011 Census. Watlington is situated 2½ miles west of Wormegay Castle.
Wormegay Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wormegay, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wormegay Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wormegay Castle”
- Danish: “Wormegay Castle”
- German: “Wormegay Castle”
- Swedish: “Wormegay Castle”
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