Eastnor Castle
Eastnor Castle, Eastnor, Herefordshire, is a 19th-century mock castle. Eastnor was built for John Cocks, 1st Earl Somers, who employed Robert Smirke, later the main architect of the British Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor and Eastnor Deer Park.
Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor
Church
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist is a Church of England parish church at Eastnor in the English county of Herefordshire. Of 12th century origins, the church was completely rebuilt between 1851 and 1852 by George Gilbert Scott for John Somers-Cocks, 2nd Earl Somers. Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Eastnor Castle.
Eastnor Deer Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Russss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eastnor Deer Park is a nature reserve.
Bronsil Castle
Ruins
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bronsil Castle was a fortified manor house about 1 mile to the east of Eastnor in Herefordshire, England near Ledbury). It is a Grade II* listed building, first listed in 1967. Bronsil Castle is situated 1 mile east of Eastnor Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastnor and Hollybush Hill.
Eastnor
Village
Eastnor is a village in Herefordshire, England, 2 mi east of Ledbury and the same distance from the tripoint of the county with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Eastnor Castle built by Earl Somers is within its medieval-founded parish which it is named after.
Hollybush Hill
Village
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hollybush Hill is situated in the range of Malvern Hills that runs approximately 13 kilometres north–south along the Herefordshire–Worcestershire border. It lies to the east of Midsummer Hill. It has an elevation of 242 metres. Hollybush Hill is situated 1½ miles east of Eastnor Castle.
Whiteleaved Oak
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whiteleaved Oak is a hamlet in the English county of Herefordshire, lying in a valley at the southern end of the Malvern Hills between Raggedstone Hill and Chase End Hill where the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire meet. Whiteleaved Oak is situated 1½ miles east of Eastnor Castle.
Eastnor Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Eastnor, Herefordshire, England,UK
- Categories: historic house museum, English country house, country house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Eastnor, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.02971° or 52° 1′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.38774° or 2° 23′ 16″ westElevation
384 feet (117 metres)Open location code
9C4V2JH6+VWOpenStreetMap ID
way 48853303OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
12750629Wikidata ID
Q5330815
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Japanese—“Eastnor Castle” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Eastnor Castle”
- French: “château d’Eastnor”
- French: “Château d’Eastnor”
- German: “Eastnor Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Eastnor”
- Italian: “castello di Eastnor”
- Italian: “Castello di Eastnor”
- Italian: “Eastnor Castle”
- Japanese: “イーストノア城”
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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 “Eastnor Castle”. Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.