Cholmondeley Castle

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Cholmondeley Castle is a country house in the civil parish of Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England. Together with its adjacent formal gardens, it is surrounded by parkland. The site of the house has been a seat of the Cholmondeley family since the 12th century. The present house replaced a timber-framed hall nearby. It was built at the start of the 19th century for George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, who designed most of it himself in the form of a crenellated castle. After the death of the Marquess, the house was extended to designs by Robert Smirke to produce the building in its present form. The house is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1801 (223 years ago)Elevation: 364 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°3'27"N, 2°41'35"W

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Cholmondeley Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beeston Castle, Sandstone Trail, Peckforton Castle, St Oswald's Church.

4.9 miN
Forts and castles, Historical place
Beeston Castle
126 min walk • Beeston Castle, crowning a rocky crag with sweeping views over the Cheshire countryside, is a fortress steeped in history and legend. This medieval castle, now in ruins, was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, on the site of an earlier...
4.1 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sandstone Trail
105 min walk • The Sandstone Trail is a 55-kilometre long-distance walkers' path, following sandstone ridges running north–south from Frodsham in central Cheshire to Whitchurch just over the Shropshire border. The path was created in 1974 and extended in the 1990s.
4.2 miN
Forts and castles
Peckforton Castle
107 min walk • Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills one mile northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
4 miSW
Church
St Oswald's Church
103 min walk • St Oswald's Church stands on the highest point in the market town of Malpas, Cheshire, England, on or near the site of a Norman motte and bailey castle.
4.6 miNE
Church
St Boniface's Church
119 min walk • St Boniface's Church stands prominently in the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church dates mainly from the 14th century.
2.6 miW
Forts and castles
Maiden Castle
66 min walk • Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hill fort, one of many fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age, but one of only seven in the county of Cheshire in northern England.
4.8 miNE
Museum, Historical place
Bunbury Mill
122 min walk • Bunbury Mill is a watermill located to the east of the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. After being at risk of demolition, it has been restored as a working museum. The structure is designated by Historic England as a Grade II listed building.
3.2 miS
Church
St Chad's Church
81 min walk • St Chad's Church is on Chester Road in the civil parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Malpas, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
3.2 miS
Church
St Chad's Chapel
82 min walk • St Chad's Chapel is an isolated church in the scattered community of Tushingham in the civil parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, Cheshire, England. The only approach to the chapel is on footpaths across fields from the A41 road.
2.9 miNW
Church
Brown Knowl Methodist Church
74 min walk • Brown Knowl Methodist Church is in Sherrington's Lane in the settlement of Brown Knowl in the civil parish of Broxton, Cheshire, England.
5.2 miW
Museum, Specialty museum
Stretton Watermill
133 min walk • Stretton Watermill is a working historic watermill in Stretton, Cheshire, England. It is owned and administered by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Cholmondeley Castle

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Cholmondeley Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)