High Head Castle

High Head Castle is a ruined country house in the English county of Cumbria located between Carlisle and Penrith. The present Georgian house stands on the site of a medieval castle.

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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, in the historic county of Cumberland, 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
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Latitude

54.78135° or 54° 46′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.93004° or 2° 55′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C6VQ3J9+GX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 338953244

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata 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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