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Holt

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”, and “Holt Castle Ruins”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 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, , Wales overlooking the and the Wales–England border. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Alyn, the archdeaconry of Wrexham and the diocese of St Asaph. is situated 1,100 feet north of Holt Castle.

Bridge
Photo: Joopercoopers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Holt Bridge, crosses the River Dee and the England–Wales border between the villages of , , England and Holt, , . 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. It is an active Anglican in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. 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 authority of and the ceremonial county of , England. It is on the banks of the , which here forms the England–Wales border.

Hamlet
Photo: Geoff Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community in , . It lies around 5 miles to the east of , close to the on the border with . 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 (slott i Storbritannien, Wales)”
  • Swedish: “Holt Castle”
  • Uzbek: “Holt qasri”
  • Welsh: “Adfeilion Castell Holt”
  • Welsh: “Castell Holt”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Holt Castle”. Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.