Bronsil Castle

Bronsil Castle was a fortified manor house about 1 mile to the east of Eastnor in Herefordshire, England near Ledbury). It is a Grade II* listed building, first listed in 1967.

Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Ruins
Description: former manor house in Eastnor, Herefordshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Bronsil Castle Bridge And Moat”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Somers Obelisk and Eastnor Deer Park.

Somers Obelisk

Obelisk

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Somers Obelisk is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Bronsil Castle.

Eastnor Deer Park

Nature reserve

Photo: Russss, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eastnor Deer Park is a nature reserve.

Eastnor Castle

Castle

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eastnor Castle, Eastnor, Herefordshire, is a 19th-century mock castle. Eastnor was built for John Cocks, 1st Earl Somers, who employed Robert Smirke, later the main architect of the British Museum. Eastnor Castle is situated 1 mile west of Bronsil Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hollybush Hill and Whiteleaved Oak.

Hollybush Hill

Village

Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hollybush Hill is situated in the range of Malvern Hills that runs approximately 13 kilometres north–south along the Herefordshire–Worcestershire border. It lies to the east of Midsummer Hill. It has an elevation of 242 metres.

Whiteleaved Oak

Hamlet

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whiteleaved Oak is a hamlet in the English county of Herefordshire, lying in a valley at the southern end of the Malvern Hills between Raggedstone Hill and Chase End Hill where the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire meet.

Eastnor

Village

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eastnor is a village in Herefordshire, England, 2 mi east of Ledbury and the same distance from the tripoint of the county with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Eastnor Castle built by Earl Somers is within its medieval-founded parish which it is named after.

Bronsil Castle

Categories: castle, cultural heritage ensemble, manor house, building, and historic site
Location: Eastnor, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.03278° or 52° 1′ 58″ north

Longitude

-2.36662° or 2° 21′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C4V2JMM+49

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48854593

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q4974032

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Bronsil Castle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Bronsil Castle”
German: “Bronsil Castle”
Swedish: “Bronsil Castle”
Turkish: “Bronsil Kalesi”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Simball Wood and Hopyard Wood.

Nearby Places

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