Caer Caradoc

#1952 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. It is located within an area of Open Access land and can be reached via a public footpath between the farms of Wax Hall to the west and Bryncambric to the east. ()

Coordinates: 52°22'33"N, 3°0'53"W

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Caer Caradoc – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Offa's Dyke, Clun Castle, Clun Bridge, Hopton Castle.

2.6 miSW
Visitor center, Ruins
Offa's Dyke, Knighton
68 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.
3.3 miN
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Clun Castle, Clun
84 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.
3.1 miN
Bridge
Clun Bridge, Clun
81 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.
3.8 miE
Forts and castles
Hopton Castle
96 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.
4.8 miNE
Church
St Swithun's Church
123 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.
6.7 miNE
Church
St Mary
172 min walk • St Mary's Church is in the village of Hopesay, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
5 miN
Forts and castles
Bury Ditches
129 min walk • Bury Ditches is a British Iron Age hill fort between Clun and Bishop's Castle in the Shropshire Hills of central England.
5.3 miS
Church
St Andrew's
136 min walk • St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church in Presteigne, Powys, Wales. It was first constructed in the 9th century by the Anglo-Saxons and retains elements of the original Anglo-Saxon church within a Norman renovation and later Victorian restoration.
6.3 miNE
Hill
Burrow, Craven Arms
160 min walk • Burrow is a hill in Shropshire with an Iron Age hill fort at the summit known as Burrow Camp. The nearest villages are Hopesay and Aston-on-Clun. It includes a large number of hut platforms, and two natural springs. At 15:45 on 13 September 1943 a Vickers Wellington crashed on the hill.
3.5 miS
52°19'31"N • 3°1'9"W
The Spaceguard Centre, Knighton
90 min walk • Observatories and planetariums, Museum
2.7 miSW
History museum, Museum
Knighton Community Centre, Knighton
70 min walk • Knighton Community Centre is a venue situated in the Powys/Shropshire border town of Knighton. It is Knighton's largest venue with a current standing capacity for 650 and a seated capacity of 450.