Mitford Castle
Mitford Castle is an English castle dating from the end of the 11th century and located in the village of Mitford, Northumberland, to the west of Morpeth.Photo: Pat Pierpoint, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: John Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: Grade I listed castle in Mitford, Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Mitford Castle: a motte and bailey and shell keep castle, medieval chapel, graveyard and field system”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mitford Hall and Morpeth Castle.
Mitford Hall
Residential area
Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mitford Hall is a Georgian mansion house and Grade II* listed building standing in its own 85-acre park overlooking the River Wansbeck at Mitford, Northumberland. Mitford Hall is situated 1,700 feet west of Mitford Castle.
Morpeth Castle
Castle
Photo: C G Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morpeth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Morpeth, Northumberland, in northeast England. It has been restored by the Landmark Trust and is now available as a holiday rental home. Morpeth Castle is situated 2 miles east of Mitford Castle.
Morpeth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Morpeth is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 16 miles 50 chains north of Newcastle, serves the historic market town of Morpeth, Northumberland, England. Morpeth railway station is situated 2 miles east of Mitford Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tranwell and Morpeth.
Tranwell
Village
Photo: george hurrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tranwell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mitford, in the county of Northumberland, England, about 1 mile south west of Morpeth. Tranwell is situated 1½ miles southeast of Mitford Castle.
Morpeth
Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morpeth is a market town on the River Wansbeck in Northumberland in northeast England, with a population in 2021 of 14,400. Its main sight is the chantry and bagpipes museum.
Tranwell Airfield
Locality
Photo: Djmckee1, Public domain.
Tranwell Airfield is a former airfield located 3.3 miles southwest of Morpeth and 11.5 miles north west of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. Tranwell Airfield is situated 2½ miles south of Mitford Castle.
Mitford Castle
- Categories: castle, motte-and-bailey castle, and historic site
- Location: Mitford, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.16317° or 55° 9′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.73493° or 1° 44′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C7W5778+72OpenStreetMap ID
way 1075534701OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q6881554
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Mitford Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mitford Castle”
- Danish: “Mitford Castle”
- German: “Mitford Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Mitford”
- Japanese: “ミットフォード城”
- Swedish: “Mitford Castle”
- Turkish: “Mitford Kalesi”
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