Hollingbury Castle

Hollingbury Castle, also known as Hollingbury Camp and Hollingbury Hillfort, is an Iron Age hillfort on the northern edge of Brighton, in East Sussex, England. It is adjacent to Hollingbury Park Golf Course. It is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: hillfort in East Sussex, England, UK
Also known as: “Hollingbury”, “Hollingbury Camp”, and “Hollingbury Hill Fort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wild Park and Moulsecoomb railway station.

Wild Park

Park

Photo: Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wild Park is a 239.8-hectare Local Nature Reserve adjacent to Lewes Road in Brighton, East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Brighton and Hove City Council. Wild Park is situated 2,500 feet east of Hollingbury Castle.

Moulsecoomb railway station

Railway station

Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.

Moulsecoomb railway station serves Moulsecoomb and Hollingdean, both suburbs of Brighton in East Sussex, England. Train services from the station are provided by Southern, and the station is on the East Coastway Line 1 mile 65 chains down the line from Brighton. Moulsecoomb railway station is situated 3,300 feet south of Hollingbury Castle.

Hodshrove Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hodshrove Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Hollingbury Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hollingbury and Stanmer.

Hollingbury

Suburb

Hollingbury is an area of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. The area sits high on a hillside across the north of the city, east of Patcham which lies in a valley to the west, Coldean in a valley to the east, and the A27 bypass forming the northern limit.

Stanmer

Village

Photo: Brian Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stanmer is a village on the northern edge of the city of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. It was formerly a civil parish until 1952 when it was split between Brighton and Falmer.

Round Hill

Suburb

Round Hill is an inner suburban area of Brighton, part of the coastal city of Brighton and Hove in England. The area contains a mix of privately owned and privately rented terraced housing, much of which has been converted for multiple occupancies, and small-scale commercial development.

Hollingbury Castle

Categories: partial contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.85535° or 50° 51′ 19″ north

Longitude

-0.12315° or 0° 7′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C2XVV4G+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 162572146

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q31117838

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