Bishopton Castle
Bishopton Castle was a medieval castle in Bishopton village, County Durham, England. The surviving motte is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle remains in Bishopton, County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bishopton Castle Hill”, “Castle Hill Motte”, and “Motte and bailey castle 400m south east of Bishopton”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Peter’s Church, Bishopton and St Cuthbert’s Church, Redmarshall.
St Peter’s Church, Bishopton
Church
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is in the village of Bishopton, County Durham, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Stockton, the archdeaconry of Auckland, and the diocese of Durham. St Peter’s Church, Bishopton is situated 1,200 feet north of Bishopton Castle.
St Cuthbert’s Church, Redmarshall
Church
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Cuthbert's Church is in the village of Redmarshall, County Durham, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Stockton, the archdeaconry of Auckland, and the diocese of Durham. St Cuthbert’s Church, Redmarshall is situated 1¼ miles east of Bishopton Castle.
St John the Divine Church
Church
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Divine Church is situated 2 miles north of Bishopton Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bishopton and Old Stillington.
Bishopton
Hamlet
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bishopton is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the west of Stockton-on-Tees.
Old Stillington
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stillington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stillington and Whitton, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England, northwest of Stockton-on-Tees.
Little Stainton
Hamlet
Little Stainton is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is a township in the parish of Bishopton, County Durham, situated a few miles west of Stockton-on-Tees.
Bishopton Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bishopton, Darlington, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.58192° or 54° 34′ 55″ northLongitude
-1.43429° or 1° 26′ 3″ westElevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
9C6WHHJ8+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5416853522OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bishopton Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bishopton Castle Hill”
- German: “Bishopton Castle”
- Swedish: “Bishopton Castle Hill”
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