Horston Castle
Horston Castle is about 1 mile to the south of the village of Horsley, some 5 miles north of the English city of Derby. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument but, as of 2018, is on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register as poor condition.Photo: Cirrus9, Public domain.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Horsley Castle” and “Horsley Castle tower keep castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coxbench Hall and St Clement’s Church, Horsley.
Coxbench Hall
Social service facility
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coxbench Hall is a late 18th-century country house, now in use as a residential home for the elderly, situated at Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II listed building. Coxbench Hall is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Horston Castle.
St Clement’s Church, Horsley
Church
Photo: Rob Howl, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Clement's Church, Horsley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Horsley, Derbyshire. St Clement’s Church, Horsley is situated 1 mile north of Horston Castle.
St Michael’s Church, Holbrook
Church
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Church, Holbrook is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Holbrook, Derbyshire. St Michael’s Church, Holbrook is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Horston Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horsley and Holbrook.
Horsley
Village
Photo: Jonathan Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horsley is a small village in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, roughly 5 miles north of the City of Derby, England, with a population of 973 at the 2011 Census.
Holbrook
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holbrook is a village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,538.
Little Eaton
Village
Photo: Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Eaton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,430. The name originated from Anglo Saxon times and means the "little town by the water".
Horston Castle
- Categories: castle and historic site
- Location: Horsley, Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.98486° or 52° 59′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.44168° or 1° 26′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C4WXHM5+W8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1064533913OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q5906591
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Horston Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horsley Castle”
- German: “Horston Castle”
- Japanese: “ホーストン城”
- Russian: “Замок Хорсли”
- Russian: “Замок Хорстон”
- Swedish: “Horsley Castle”
- Turkish: “Horston Kalesi”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castle Wood and Keepers Covert.
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