Holt Castle

Holt Castle was a medieval castle on the Welsh–English border, by the banks of the , in the village of Holt, , . Work began on the castle in the 13th century during the Welsh Wars.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Grade II* listed building in Wrexham. Castle in Holt, north Wales
  • Also known as: “Castrum Leonis”, “Chastellion”, “Holt Castle (slott i Storbritannien, Wales)”, and “Holt Castle Ruins”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Chad’s Church and Farndon Bridge.

Church
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Chad's Church, Holt, is in the village of Holt… is situated 1,100 feet north of Holt Castle.

Bridge
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, also known as Holt Bridge, crosses the… is situated 2,000 feet north of Holt Castle.

Church
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Chad's Church is in the village of , England. is situated 2,300 feet north of Holt Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Farndon and Isycoed.

Village
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the unitary…

Hamlet
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is a village and community in , . is situated 2 miles south of Holt Castle.

Holt Castle

Latitude
53.07791° or 53° 4′ 41″ north
Longitude
-2.88021° or 2° 52′ 49″ west
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
Open location code
9C5V34H9+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1064532886
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
9168783
Wiki­data ID
Q5884534
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Holt Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Holt gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “castell de Holt”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Holt”
  • Cebuano: “Holt Castle”
  • Chinese: “賀特城堡”
  • Danish: “Holt Castle”
  • Dutch: “Holt Castle”
  • Finnish: “Holtin linna”
  • French: “château de Holt”
  • French: “Château de Holt”
  • German: “Holt Castle”
  • Italian: “castello di Holt”
  • Italian: “Castello di Holt”
  • Japanese: “ホルト城”
  • Russian: “Замок Холт”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Holt”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Holt”
  • Swedish: “Holt Castle”
  • Turkish: “Holt Kalesi, Denbighshire”
  • Uzbek: “Holt qasri”
  • Welsh: “Adfeilion Castell Holt”
  • Welsh: “Castell Holt”

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Places to explore: Crewe-by-Farndon and Commonwood.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The Borough and Castle of Holt and Holt Castle.

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