Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle is an archaeological site in Diddlebury, Shropshire, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Corfe Castle is situated nearby to the forest Corfton Plantation, as well as near the village Diddlebury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flounders’ Folly and Church of All Saints, Culmington.
Flounders’ Folly
Photo: Jon Rob, Public domain.
Flounders' Folly is a tower built in 1838 on Callow Hill, near Craven Arms at the western end of Wenlock Edge in Shropshire, England. It is approximately 80 feet tall, 16 feet square and clearly visible on the skyline from the Cardiff–Crewe railway line, just north of Craven Arms, or from the A49 Shrewsbury to Hereford road. Flounders’ Folly is situated 2½ miles west of Corfe Castle.
Church of All Saints, Culmington
Church
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints, Culmington is situated 1½ miles south of Corfe Castle.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 2½ miles northeast of Corfe Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diddlebury and Culmington.
Diddlebury
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Diddlebury is a small village and large civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated in the Corvedale on the B4368 road about 5 miles north east of Craven Arms. As of 2011, the population of the Civil Ward was 670.
Culmington
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culmington is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles east of Craven Arms and 4+1⁄2 miles north of Ludlow. The village is about 330 feet above sea level, beside the River Corve, just east of the B4365 road. Culmington is situated 1½ miles south of Corfe Castle.
Peaton
Hamlet
Photo: Dpaajones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peaton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Diddlebury in Shropshire, England. It is situated in the Corvedale, between Diddlebury and Bouldon. The Pye Brook flows past the hamlet, with Peaton Bridge taking the Bouldon-Diddlebury lane across it. Peaton is situated 2 miles east of Corfe Castle.
Corfe Castle
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Diddlebury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.45787° or 52° 27′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.74148° or 2° 44′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C4VF755+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 527447277OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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