Biggleswade Castle
Biggleswade Castle was a castle in the market town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire. The existence of this castle was discovered by aerial photography, in 1954, which showed the remains of a motte and bailey castle with a double ditch around the motte and a single ditch around the bailey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Biggleswade railway station and Trinity Methodist Church.
Biggleswade railway station
Railway station
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Biggleswade railway station serves the market town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the East Coast Main Line, 41 miles 13 chains from London King's Cross. Biggleswade railway station is situated 2,800 feet east of Biggleswade Castle.
Trinity Methodist Church
Church
Photo: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity Methodist Church is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Biggleswade Castle.
Coach And Horses Public House
Pub
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Coach And Horses Public House is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Biggleswade Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Caldecote and Broom.
Lower Caldecote
Hamlet
Lower Caldecote is a hamlet in the civil parish of Northill and part of the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The county town of Bedford is 7.5 miles to the west.
Broom
Village
Broom is a small village in the civil parish of Southill, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England about 8.5 miles south-east of the county town of Bedford. The 2011 census shows its population as 579.
Upper Caldecote
Village
Photo: Robin Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upper Caldecote is a village in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England about 8 miles south-east of Bedford. Its population at the 2011 census was 1,218.
Biggleswade Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: Castle in Bedfordshire, England
- Categories: ringwork castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Biggleswade, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Biggleswade Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Biggleswade Ringwork”
- Danish: “Biggleswade Castle”
- German: “Biggleswade Castle”
- Swedish: “Biggleswade Ringwork”
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