Weeting Castle
Weeting Castle is a ruined, medieval manor house near the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England. It was built around 1180 by Hugh de Plais, and comprised a three-storey tower, a substantial hall, and a service block, with a separate kitchen positioned near the house.Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thetford Forest and Church of St Mary.
Thetford Forest
Thetford Forest is the largest lowland pine forest in Great Britain and is located in a region straddling the north of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk in England. It covers over 19,000 ha in the form of a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 500 feet northwest of Weeting Castle.
Brandon railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rich257, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brandon railway station is on the Breckland Line in the East of England, serving the town of Brandon, Suffolk, although the station is actually situated across the county boundary in Norfolk. Brandon railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of Weeting Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weeting and Brandon.
Weeting
Village
Weeting is a village in Norfolk, England. The population can be found in the civil parish of Weeting-with-Broomhill. The village's name means 'wet place'.
Brandon
Brandon is a town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. Brandon is located in the Breckland area of Suffolk in the extreme north-west of the county, close to the adjoining county of Norfolk.
Santon Downham
Hamlet
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Santon Downham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 240. The village is located within Thetford Forest on a meander of the River Little Ouse on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. Thetford is 4 miles southeast and the nearest railway station is in Brandon 2 miles west. Santon Downham is situated 2½ miles southeast of Weeting Castle.
Weeting Castle
- Type: Ruins
- Description: ruined medieval manor house in England
- Categories: castle and historic site
- Location: Weeting-with-Broomhill, Breckland District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.47115° or 52° 28′ 16″ northLongitude
0.6164° or 0° 36′ 59″ eastOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9F42FJC8+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1374213359OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7979637
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Weeting Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Weeting Castle”
- Chinese: “韋亭城堡”
- Danish: “Weeting Castle”
- French: “château de Weeting”
- French: “Château de Weeting”
- German: “Weeting Castle”
- Persian: “ویتینگ (دژ)”
- Persian: “ویتینگ”
- Swedish: “Weeting Castle”
- Turkish: “Weeting Kalesi”
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