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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
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, 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″ northLongitude
-2.36662° or 2° 21′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C4V2JMM+49OpenStreetMap ID
way 48854593OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q4974032
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bronsil Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bronsil Castle”
- German: “Bronsil Castle”
- Swedish: “Bronsil Castle”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Simball Wood and Hopyard Wood.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bronsil Castle”. Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.