Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle is a hill in Beeston, Cheshire, England and has an elevation of 531 feet. Beeston Castle is situated nearby to the locality Hand Green, as well as near the hamlet Tiverton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beeston Castle and Peckforton Castle.

Beeston Castle

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Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England, perched on a rocky sandstone crag 350 feet above the Cheshire Plain. It was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, on his return from the Crusades.

Peckforton Castle

Castle

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Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills one mile northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England.

Smithy Cottage

Residential building

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Smithy Cottage is a residential building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tiverton and Tattenhall.

Tiverton

Hamlet

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Tiverton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall, in the Cheshire West and Chester district and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England.

Tattenhall

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Tattenhall is a village in Cheshire. It is near to Beeston Castle, a ruined 13th-century castle, and sits along the Sandstone Trail, a long-distance walkers' path, between Frodsham to Whitchurch.

Little Budworth

Village

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Little Budworth is a civil parish and village between Winsford and Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Little Budworth is situated 5 miles northeast of Beeston Castle.

Beeston Castle

Type: Hill with an elevation of 531 feet
Category: landform
Location: Beeston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.12863° or 53° 7′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.69387° or 2° 41′ 38″ west

Elevation

531 feet (162 metres)

Open location code

9C5V48H4+FF

GeoNames ID

12609679

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