Locking Castle

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Locking Castle was a castle that once stood on Carberry Hill near the site of RAF Locking in Locking in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°20'36"N, 2°54'53"W

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Locking Head DroveEnglandUnited Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Weston-super-Mare Town Hall, Banwell Caves, Odeon Cinema, The Helicopter Museum.

2.7 miW
City hall
Weston-super-Mare Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare
69 min walk • Weston-super-Mare Town Hall is a municipal building in Walliscote Grove Road in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The building, which is the headquarters of North Somerset Council, is a Grade II listed building.
1.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Banwell Caves
45 min walk • Banwell Caves are a 1.7-hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Banwell, North Somerset, England notified in 1963.
2.7 miW
Nightlife, Cinema
Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare
71 min walk • The Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England, is an art deco cinema building, designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt. Still largely intact and retaining its originally installed Compton organ, it is a Grade II listed building.
0.7 miSW
Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum
The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare
19 min walk • The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civilian and military.
2.7 miSE
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Banwell Castle, Banwell
70 min walk • Banwell Castle is a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion in Banwell, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.8 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare
72 min walk • The Playhouse is a 664-seat theatre in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, South West England that hosts shows all year round including opera, ballet, comedy, music and pantomime performances.
2.9 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Blakehay Theatre, Weston-super-Mare
74 min walk • The Blakehay Theatre is a 207-seat theatre in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. Its building was originally a 19th-century Baptist church.
2.5 miSE
Church
St Andrew's Church, Banwell
63 min walk • The mainly 15th-century parish Church of St Andrew in Banwell, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building. The body of the church has a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles and a rather short chancel, considering the proportions of the rest of the church.
2.7 miW
Park
Ellenborough Park, Weston-super-Mare
69 min walk • Ellenborough Park is a park situated in the centre of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. The western half of the park, an area of 1.8 hectares, is of significant biodiversity interest, due to its plant communities, and was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1989.
2.6 miW
Museum
Lambretta Museum, Weston-super-Mare
66 min walk • The Lambretta Scooter Museum is in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. It houses a total of 61 Lambretta models – at least one from each year between October 1947 through to May 1971.
2.4 miW
Museum
Weston-super-Mare Museum, Weston-super-Mare
62 min walk • Weston Museum is a museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. It was established in 1861. and is home to North Somerset Council museum collection with exhibits relating to Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding area from 400 million years ago to the present day.

Locking Castle

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