Thornbury Castle
Thornbury Castle is a Tudor castle in the town of Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, England, erected next to the parish church of St Mary. Construction was begun in 1511 as a further residence for Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, of Stafford Castle in Staffordshire.- Type: Hotel
- Description: Grade I listed castle in South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Thornbury Castle Hotel”
- Address: Castle Street, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 1HH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Castle School and The Royal George Public House.
The Castle School
School
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
The Castle School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England, which serves the town and the surrounding villages. The Castle School is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Thornbury Castle.
The Royal George Public House
Pub
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal George Public House is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Thornbury Castle.
The Swan
Pub
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Swan is a pub, which is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Thornbury Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duckhole and Cowhill.
Duckhole
Hamlet
Duckhole is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire in the west of England. Historically it was located in the hundred of Lower Thornbury in the county of Gloucestershire and the name dates back at least as far as 1658, when it appeared in a parliamentary survey.
Cowhill
Hamlet
Oldbury-on-Severn is a small village near the mouth of the River Severn in the South Gloucestershire district of the county of Gloucestershire in the west of England. Cowhill is situated 2 miles west of Thornbury Castle.
Milbury Heath
Village
Milbury Heath is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England, located east of Thornbury. The hamlet has a garden centre and a few other farm shops. The heath is a local high point and offers views west across the Severn Vale, and north into the Vale of Berkeley. Milbury Heath is situated 2 miles east of Thornbury Castle.
Thornbury Castle
- Categories: castle, country house hotel, building, tourism, historic site, and accommodation
- Location: Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.61396° or 51° 36′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.53023° or 2° 31′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C3VJF79+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 23600122OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelWikidata ID
Q7796332
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Thornbury Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thornbury Castle”
- Danish: “Thornbury Castle”
- French: “château de Thornbury”
- French: “Château de Thornbury”
- German: “Thornbury Castle”
- Swedish: “Thornbury Castle”
- Turkish: “Thornbury Kalesi”
- Welsh: “Castell Thornbury”
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Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Sheiling School (Thornbury).
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