Cadbury Castle

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Cadbury Castle is an Iron Age Hillfort close to Bickleigh, Devon, England. It was later encamped by the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War under Thomas Fairfax when he laid siege to Bickleigh Castle. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°50'12"N, 3°32'41"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Tiverton Cemetery, Tiverton Castle, Killerton, Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life.

5.9 miNE
Cemetery
Tiverton Cemetery, Tiverton
150 min walk • Tiverton Cemetery is the burial ground for the town of Tiverton in Devon. The cemetery covers eight acres and is owned and maintained by Mid Devon Council.
5.4 miNE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Tiverton Castle, Tiverton
138 min walk • Tiverton Castle is the remains of a medieval castle dismantled after the Civil War and thereafter converted in the 17th century into a country house. It occupies a defensive position above the banks of the River Exe at Tiverton in Devon.
4.9 miSE
Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum
Killerton, Exeter
126 min walk • Killerton is an 18th-century house in Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, England, which, with its hillside garden and estate, has been owned by the National Trust since 1944 and is open to the public. The National Trust displays the house as a comfortable home.
5.1 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, Art museum
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life, Tiverton
130 min walk • The Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life is a local history museum in Tiverton, Devon, England, to the southwest of Gotham House. It features various exhibits relating to the social and economic history of the Mid Devon region, one of the most popular being a steam locomotive known as the "Tivvy Bumper".
5.2 miNE
City hall
Tiverton Town Hall, Tiverton
134 min walk • Tiverton Town Hall is a municipal building in St Andrew Street in Tiverton, Devon, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Tiverton Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.1 miNE
Theme park, Museum, Amusement park
Devon Railway Centre, Tiverton
54 min walk • The Devon Railway Centre is in the village of Bickleigh in Mid Devon, England, at the former Cadeleigh railway station on the closed Great Western Railway branch from Exeter to Dulverton, also known as the Exe Valley Railway.
5.7 miSW
Church
Crediton Parish Church, Crediton
146 min walk • Crediton Parish Church, formally the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and the Mother of Him who Hung Thereon, is a prominent building and worshipping community in the Devon town of Crediton.
5.1 miNE
Church
St Paul's Church, Tiverton
129 min walk • St Paul's Church, Tiverton, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Tiverton, Devon.
5.3 miNE
Church
St Peter's Church, Tiverton
136 min walk • St Peter's Church, Tiverton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Tiverton, Devon.
1.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Bickleigh Castle
44 min walk • Bickleigh Castle is a fortified manor house that stands on the banks of the River Exe at Bickleigh in Devon, England. Once considerably larger, Bickleigh now comprises a group of buildings from various periods which together formed a water castle.
5.1 miNE
Church, Georgian architecture
St George's Church, Tiverton
131 min walk • St George's Church, Tiverton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Tiverton, Devon.