Woodwalton Castle

#3985 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Woodwalton Castle was a small motte and bailey castle at Church End, the northern end of the parish of Woodwalton, Huntingdonshire. Located on a natural hillock, the earthworks of the castle still remain, with an outer moat enclosing a circular bailey with a central motte. A large dyke, apparently ancient, runs from the outer moat in a north-easterly direction. The site is a scheduled monument. ()

Coordinates: 52°25'47"N, 0°13'15"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Admiral Wells, Church of St Thomas a Becket, St Andrew's, Norman Cross Prison.

3.2 miN
Nightlife
Admiral Wells, Peterborough
81 min walk • The Admiral Wells is a public house in Holme, Huntingdonshire, now in Cambridgeshire. Nearby Holme Fen is 2.75 metres below sea level, and the Admiral Wells claims to be the lowest pub in Great Britain. However, large-scale maps show the pub itself is approaximately 4 metres above sea level, so this claim appears to be incorrect.
5.2 miE
Church
Church of St Thomas a Becket, Ramsey
132 min walk • The Church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey is the Church of England parish church of Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. The parish is part of a benefice that includes also the parish of Upwood with Great and Little Raveley.
0.4 miS
Church
St Andrew's
11 min walk • St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position in fields about 2 kilometres to the north of the village of Woodwalton in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England.
5.9 miNW
Memorial
Norman Cross Prison, Peterborough
151 min walk • Norman Cross Prison in Huntingdonshire, England, was the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp or "depot", built in 1796–97 to hold prisoners of war from France and its allies during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
2 miE
Park
Lady's Wood
52 min walk • Lady's Wood is a 7.1 hectare nature reserve west of Upwood in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. This wood was a traditional coppice, but many of the trees were cut down in the 1950s.
4.7 miW
Park, Outdoor activities, Zoo
Hamerton Zoo Park, Sawtry
120 min walk • Hamerton Zoo Park is situated in Hamerton, near Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England.
2.1 miE
Park
Raveley Wood
55 min walk • Raveley Wood is a 5.6 hectare nature reserve south-west of Upwood in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
5.2 miE
Monastery
Ramsey Abbey, Ramsey
133 min walk • Ramsey Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England. It was founded about AD 969 and dissolved on 22 November 1539. The site of the abbey in Ramsey is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
5.1 miE
52°26'54"N • 0°6'13"W
Ramsey Golf and Bowls Club, Ramsey
130 min walk • Golf
2.5 miW
Church
Church of All Saints, Sawtry
65 min walk • Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building located in Sawtry, a village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. It became a listed building on 28 January 1958. Until the year 1880, there were two churches in Sawtry, All Saints' and St Andrew's.
4.9 miW
Church
St Andrew's Church
127 min walk • St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Steeple Gidding, about 10 miles northwest of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.

Woodwalton Castle

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