High Head Castle
High Head Castle is a large fortified manor house in the English county of Cumbria located between Carlisle and Penrith. The house is now largely a ruin with the exterior walls and certain foundations surviving for the majority of the building.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of All Saints.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 2 miles northwest of High Head Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middlesceugh and Stockdalewath.
Middlesceugh
Locality
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middlesceugh is a hamlet in the civil parish of Skelton, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.
Stockdalewath
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stockdalewath is a small village in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, but in the historic county of Cumberland, approximately 7.5 miles south of Carlisle in the extreme northwest of England.
Raughton Head
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Raughton Head is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, located 8 miles south of Carlisle. Raughton Head is situated 2 miles northwest of High Head Castle.
High Head Castle
- Type: Ruins
- Description: country house, formerly castle, in Skelton, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Categories: English country house, castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Castle Sowerby, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.78135° or 54° 46′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.93004° or 2° 55′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C6VQ3J9+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 338953244OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q12060055
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“High Head Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “High Head Castle”
- Turkish: “High Head Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Methodist Church and Christ Church.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as High Head Farm and Pasturewood Holidays.
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