Peckforton Castle

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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. The house was built in the middle of the 19th century as a family home for John Tollemache, a wealthy Cheshire landowner, estate manager, and Member of Parliament. It was designed by Anthony Salvin in the Gothic style. During the Second World War it was used as a hostel for physically handicapped children. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1844 (180 years ago)Coordinates: 53°7'4"N, 2°41'55"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Beeston Castle, Sandstone Trail, Bishop Bennet Way, St John's Church.

0.8 miN
Forts and castles, Historical place
Beeston Castle
20 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...
~510 ftSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sandstone Trail
3 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.
0.7 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Bishop Bennet Way
20 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.
1.5 miSW
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St John's Church
38 min walk • St John's Church is in School Lane, Burwardsley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.