Maiden Castle

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Forts and castles

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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. The hill fort was probably occupied from its construction in 600 BC until the Roman conquest of Britain in the 1st century AD. At this time the Cornovii tribe are recorded to have occupied parts of the surrounding area but, because they left no distinctive pottery or metalworking, their occupation has not been verified. Since then it has been quarried and used for military exercises. It is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and is owned by the National Trust. The hill fort is open to visitors, but unrestricted access to the site has resulted in it being classified as "at high risk" from erosion. ()

Area: 2.97 acres (0.0046 mi²)Coordinates: 53°4'15"N, 2°45'3"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Beeston Castle, Sandstone Trail, Peckforton Castle, Cholmondeley Castle.

4.7 miNE
Forts and castles, Historical place
Beeston Castle
119 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...
3.8 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sandstone Trail
98 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.
3.9 miNE
Forts and castles
Peckforton Castle
100 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.
2.6 miE
Forts and castles, Garden, Park
Cholmondeley Castle
66 min walk • 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.
3.6 miS
Church
St Oswald's Church
92 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.
4.3 miS
Church
St Chad's Church
109 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.
3.6 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Alban's Church, Tattenhall
93 min walk • St Alban's Church is in the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with that of All Saints, Handley.
4.5 miSE
Church
St Chad's Chapel
115 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.
0.4 miN
Church
Brown Knowl Methodist Church
12 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.
2.7 miW
Museum, Specialty museum
Stretton Watermill
69 min walk • Stretton Watermill is a working historic watermill in Stretton, Cheshire, England. It is owned and administered by Cheshire West and Chester Council.
4.6 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Bishop Bennet Way
119 min walk • The Bishop Bennet Way is a bridleway in south west Cheshire, England. It is named after William Bennet, Bishop of Cork and Ross and subsequently Bishop of Cloyne, who carried out detailed surveys of Roman roads including those between Deva and Mediolanum.