Alton Castle
Alton Castle is a Gothic-revival castle south of the river Churnet in the village of Alton, Staffordshire. Its status is a scheduled monument. Close by, Alton Towers Resort is 1 km away, one of 32 within 15 km.
Castle in Alton
Inside Alton
Alton Castle is inside Alton’s built-up area, with 15 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Alton has 53 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month in Alton
The warmest afternoons in Alton run June to September, at 17–21°C.
Alton Castle
It is written up in 7 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- in Alton
Locating Alton Castle
The map puts Alton Castle in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Alton’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Alton Castle
Cheadle tops the 8 for size, at 11,403 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Alton
Denstone
Rocester
Ellastone
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Alton Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | It’s in town | 980 | 17 |
| Denstone | 2.2 km southeast of it | 829 | 17 |
| Rocester | 3.6 km southeast of it | 1,679 | 17 |
| Ellastone | 4.1 km east of it | 300 | 16 |
| Cheadle | 6.3 km west of it | 11,403 | 6 |
| Kingsley Holt | 6.5 km northwest of it | 612 | 1 |
| Upper Tean | 6.9 km southwest of it | 3,244 | 4 |
| Kingsley | 7.9 km northwest of it | 695 | 1 |
Other places close by
Also close at hand are 6 attractions, a theme park and an abbey or priory, among 32 within 15 km.
Big drawTheme parkAlton Towers Resort1 km away · 2.5M visitors a year (2024)2
AttractionThe Smiler900 m away3
AttractionOblivion800 m away4
AttractionGalactica1 km away5
AttractionThirteen600 m away6
AttractionRita600 m away7
AttractionWicker Man1.1 km away8
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCroxden Abbey2.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Alton Castle
Where is Alton Castle?
Alton Castle is in Alton, Staffordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Alton Castle?
Gothic-revival castle south of the river Churnet in the village of Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Alton Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Alton, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Alton Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Alton Castle?
Within 15 km: Alton Towers Resort (1 km), The Smiler (900 m), Oblivion (800 m) and Galactica (1 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Alton Castle: Dennis Thorley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alton Towers Resort: Dunderklumpen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Smiler: TowersStreet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oblivion: DAllardyce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Galactica: Andyfishburne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thirteen: Freddo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rita: rogerbarker2 https://www.flickr.com/photos/rogerbarker/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicker Man: WL2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Croxden Abbey: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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