Sherborne Castle

Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of in , , within the parish of . Originally built by Sir Walter Raleigh as Sherborne Lodge, and extended in the 1620s, it stands in a 1,200-acre park which formed a small part of the 15,000-acre Digby estate.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Sherborne, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Sherborne New Castle”
  • Postal code: DT9 5NR
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sherborne Old Castle and Church of St Mary Magdalene.

Castle
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is situated 1,300 feet north of Sherborne Castle.

Church
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is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Sherborne Castle.

Railway station
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serves the town of in , England. It is situated on the West of England Main Line, 118 miles 4 chains down the line from and is currently operated by South Western Railway. is situated 2,900 feet west of Sherborne Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sherborne and Alweston.

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is a small town in . A market town and civil parish in northwest Dorset, it's sited on the River Yeo on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.

Village
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is a village in , , situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of . Historically it belonged to the Parish of , in the Hundred of Sherborne. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Sherborne Castle.

Village
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or Long Burton is a village in , England, three miles south of . It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524. is situated 2 miles south of Sherborne Castle.

Sherborne Castle

Latitude
50.94602° or 50° 56′ 46″ north
Longitude
-2.50075° or 2° 30′ 3″ west
Open location code
9C2VWFWX+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 86345387
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q2970700
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Sherborne Castle” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Castell de Sherborne”
  • Cebuano: “Sherborne Old Castle”
  • Chinese: “謝爾本城堡”
  • Danish: “Sherborne Castle”
  • French: “château de Sherborne”
  • French: “Château de Sherborne”
  • French: “Sherborne Castle”
  • German: “Sherborne Castle”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐍂𐌴𐌺𐌾𐍉-𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽 (𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐍉 𐌱𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽)”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐍂𐌴𐌺𐌾𐍉-𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽”
  • Italian: “Castello di Sherborne”
  • Japanese: “シェアボーン・キャッスル”
  • Japanese: “シェアボーン城”
  • Japanese: “シャーボーン城”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de sherborne”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Sherborne”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Sherborne”
  • Spanish: “Sherborne Castle”
  • Swedish: “Sherborne Old Castle”
  • Turkish: “Sherborne Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sherborne Old Castle and Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre.

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