Maiden Castle Crag

Maiden Castle Crag is a climbing site in Bickerton, Cheshire East, England. Maiden Castle Crag is situated nearby to the peak Larkton Hill, as well as near the climbing site Kitty’s Crag.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maiden Castle and Bickerton Hill.

Maiden Castle

Archaeological site

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Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hill fort, one of many fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age, but one of only seven in the county of Cheshire in northern England.

Bickerton Hill refers to two low red sandstone hills that form the southern end of the Mid Cheshire Ridge in Cheshire, north-west England. The high point, Raw Head, lies on the northerly hill and has an elevation of 227 metres.

Brown Knowl Methodist Church

Church

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Brown Knowl Methodist Church is in Sherrington's Lane in the settlement of Brown Knowl in the civil parish of Broxton, Cheshire, England. The church, together with the former Sunday school, is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. Brown Knowl Methodist Church is situated 2,100 feet north of Maiden Castle Crag.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tattenhall and Malpas.

Tattenhall

Photo: Adam, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Malpas

Village

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Malpas is a market town and a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies near the borders with Shropshire and Wales, and had a population of 2,503 at the 2021 census. Malpas is situated 3½ miles south of Maiden Castle Crag.

Tushingham

Village

Tushingham is a scattered community in the civil parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, in the Cheshire West and Chester district, in the county of Cheshire, England. Tushingham is situated 5 miles south of Maiden Castle Crag.

Maiden Castle Crag

Type: Climbing site
Category: sports location
Location: Bickerton, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.07139° or 53° 4′ 17″ north

Longitude

-2.7514° or 2° 45′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C5V36CX+HC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14142781931

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=climbing

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Highlights include Larkton Hill and Larkton Hill Viewpoint.

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