Cary Castle, Castle Cary

Name: Cary Castle
Address: Floor Market House 1st Market Place, Castle Cary, BA7 7AH, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1963 350680

#1 among attractions in Castle Cary

Top attraction, Specialty museum, Museum, Forts and castles

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Facts and practical information

Cary Castle stood on Lodge Hill overlooking the town of Castle Cary, Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°5'17"N, 2°30'50"W

Address

Floor Market House 1st Market PlaceCastle Cary BA7 7AH United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1963 350680

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

Nearby attractions include: Wincanton Racecourse, Cadbury Castle, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Haynes International Motor Museum.

4.3 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Wincanton Racecourse, Wincanton
110 min walk • Wincanton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Wincanton, Somerset, England. The steeplechase fences are large, making it a good test of a chaser.
4.5 miS
Forts and castles
Cadbury Castle
114 min walk • Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort in the civil parish of South Cadbury in the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument and has been associated with King Arthur's legendary court at Camelot.
3.1 miNE
Church
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bruton
81 min walk • The Church of St Mary in Bruton, Somerset, England was largely built in the 14th century. Like many Somerset churches, it has a very fine tower; less usually it has a second one as well. Simon Jenkins has called Bruton's tower "Somerset architecture at its most powerful." It has been designated a Grade I listed building.
4.3 miSW
Museum
Haynes International Motor Museum
109 min walk • Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford near Yeovil in Somerset, England, contains over 400 cars and motorcycles and a collection of other automobilia. The museum was established in 1985 by John Harold Haynes OBE. It is a registered charity under English law.
3.1 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum
Bruton Museum, Bruton
79 min walk • Bruton Museum is a small local museum in Bruton, Somerset, England. The museum is housed in the Dovecote Building, in the towns High Street. The building also contains a tourist information office.
4.9 miSE
Church
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wincanton
126 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul in Wincanton within the English county of Somerset is a Grade II* listed building. The Church of St Peter and St Paul was almost totally rebuilt 1887-91 by J. D. Sedding, however parts of the tower may be remnants form an earlier church, dating from 1313, on the same site.
~750 ftSW
Church
Church of All Saints, Castle Cary
4 min walk • All Saints Church in Castle Cary in the English county of Somerset dates from 1470 and is notable for its high steeple. It is a Grade II* listed building. The parish is within the benefice of Castle Cary with Ansford which is part of the archdeaconry of Wells.
2.7 miN
Church
Church of St Mary Magdalene
70 min walk • The Church of St Mary Magdalene is the Church of England parish church for the village of Ditcheat, Somerset, England. There has been a church on the site since 824, and the present building owes much of its grandeur to the Abbots of Glastonbury. Historic England have designated it a Grade I listed building.
3.2 miS
Church
St Michael
82 min walk • The Church of St Michael in North Cadbury, Somerset, England dates from 1417, although the tower was built a few years earlier. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
3.8 miN
Church
St James
96 min walk • The Anglican Church of St James in Milton Clevedon, within the English county of Somerset, was rebuilt in 1790. It is a Grade II* listed building. The first church in the village was in the 12th century. The advowson was held by Bruton Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
~550 ftN
Hotel, Museum, Vernacular architecture
The George Hotel, Castle Cary
3 min walk • Castle Cary and District Museum is a small local museum in Castle Cary, Somerset, England. The museum is housed in the Market house, a grade II* listed building built in 1855 in anticipation of increased trade after the projected arrival of the railway in 1856, by F.C.

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Which popular attractions are close to Cary Castle?

Nearby attractions include The George Hotel, Castle Cary (3 min walk), Needful Things of Castle Cary, Castle Cary (4 min walk), Church of All Saints, Castle Cary (4 min walk).