Brampton Bryan Castle

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Brampton Bryan Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the small village of Brampton Bryan in north-western Herefordshire, England, 50m south of the River Teme. The castle guarded an important route from Ludlow along the Teme Valley to Knighton and on into Central Wales. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°20'52"N, 2°55'35"W

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Brampton Bryan Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Offa's Dyke, Clun Castle, Croft Castle, Wigmore Castle.

5.2 miW
Visitor center, Ruins
Offa's Dyke, Knighton
133 min walk • Offa's Dyke is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from AD 757 until 796, who is traditionally believed to have ordered its construction.
6.8 miNW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Clun Castle, Clun
175 min walk • Clun Castle is a ruined castle in the small town of Clun, Shropshire. Clun Castle was established by the Norman lord Robert de Say after the Norman invasion of England and went on to become an important Marcher lord castle in the 12th century, with an extensive castle-guard system.
6.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Croft Castle
170 min walk • Croft Castle and Parkland is a National Trust property comprising a country house, park, church and garden, in Croft, Herefordshire, England.
3.2 miSE
Forts and castles, Ruins
Wigmore Castle
81 min walk • Wigmore Castle is a ruined castle about 1 km from the village of Wigmore in the northwest region of Herefordshire, England.
6.7 miNW
Bridge
Clun Bridge, Clun
170 min walk • Clun Bridge is a historical bridge in the small town of Clun, Shropshire, England dating from 1450 which crosses over the River Clun.
3.3 miN
Forts and castles
Hopton Castle
85 min walk • Hopton Castle is situated in the village of the same name which lies approximately halfway between Knighton and Craven Arms, in the English county of Shropshire. Hopton Castle featured in the British TV series Time Team in 2010.
5 miN
Church
St Swithun's Church
128 min walk • St Swithun's Church is in the village of Clunbury, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Bedstone, St Cuthbert, Clungunford, St Mary, Clunton, and St Edward, Hopton Castle.
4.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Caer Caradoc
108 min walk • Caer Caradoc is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in the south-west of the English county of Shropshire, near the town of Clun. It overlooks the village of Chapel Lawn.
5.9 miNE
Balloon rides, Tours, Outdoor activities
Stokesay Court, Craven Arms
152 min walk • Stokesay Court is a country house and estate in the parish of Onibury in Shropshire, England. Described by John Newman, in the Shropshire volume of Pevsner's Buildings of England, as "the most grandiloquent Victorian mansion in the county", Stokesay is a Grade II* listed building.
4.8 miE
Forts and castles
Downton Castle
124 min walk • Downton Castle is a grade I listed 18th-century country house in the parish of Downton on the Rock in Herefordshire, England, situated about 5 miles west of Ludlow, Shropshire.
6.5 miSE
Museum
Mortimer's Cross Water Mill, Leominster
166 min walk • Mortimer's Cross Water Mill is an 18th-century watermill located on the River Lugg, 11 km northwest of Leominster, Herefordshire, England. It is owned by Historic England and is in partial working order.