Bicton Castle, Clun

#6 among attractions in Clun

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Bicton Castle was a motte and bailey dating from the 11th or 12th century in the hamlet of Bicton, southwest Shropshire, England. Only the ditch and outer bank remain as other parts have been dug away during gravel extraction. The short River Unk runs past it. ()

Coordinates: 52°26'11"N, 3°2'50"W

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Clun United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Clun Castle, Clun Bridge, Hopton Castle, Three Tuns Brewery.

1.1 miSE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Clun Castle, Clun
30 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.
1.3 miSE
Bridge
Clun Bridge, Clun
34 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.
5.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Hopton Castle
143 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.
4.5 miNE
Nightlife, Brewery
Three Tuns Brewery, Bishop's Castle
116 min walk • The Three Tuns Brewery in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, England was established in 1642 on its current site, making it the oldest licensed brewery site in Britain.
5.2 miE
Church
St Swithun's Church
133 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.
4.4 miS
Forts and castles
Caer Caradoc
112 min walk • 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.
2.5 miE
Forts and castles
Bury Ditches
64 min walk • Bury Ditches is a British Iron Age hill fort between Clun and Bishop's Castle in the Shropshire Hills of central England.
4.2 miNW
Forest
Clun Forest, Clun
107 min walk • Clun Forest is a remote, rural area of open pastures, moorland and mixed deciduous/coniferous woodland in the southwest part of the English county of Shropshire and also just over the border into Powys, Wales.
6 miNW
Memorial
Cantlin Stone
154 min walk • The Cantlin Stone is a rough stone approximately two feet across with an inscription recording the death of one Willam Cantlin in the place where it is, and the fact that he was buried at the Bettws.
1.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Radnor Wood, Clun
29 min walk • Radnor Wood is a small forest east of the small town of Clun, Shropshire, England covering an area of 1.5 km². The wood can be easily accessed via the B4368 which passes through Clun and to the south of the forest.