Castle · Amberley · West Sussex

Amberley Castle

Amberley Castle is a grade I listed castle. Its location is inside Amberley’s built-up area. Look also at Arundel Castle, 5.9 km away, first of 40 more within 15 km.

Photo: Amberley Castle, Jonathan Day from Brighton, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Amberley

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Castle in Amberley

Inside Amberley

Amberley Castle is inside Amberley’s built-up area, with 13 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Amberley has 59 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather through the year

The warmest afternoons in Amberley run May to September, at 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°104 mm

Feb8° / 2°74 mm

Mar11° / 3°59 mm

Apr14° / 4°61 mm

May17° / 7°58 mm

Jun20° / 10°58 mm

Jul22° / 12°47 mm

Aug22° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°69 mm

Oct15° / 7°103 mm

Nov11° / 4°111 mm

Dec9° / 2°112 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Amberley, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Amberley. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Amberley’s full climate →

About

Amberley Castle

It has articles in 8 Wikipedias.

Amberley’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Amberley
Official site: amberleycastle.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting your bearings

The numbers show what else is near Amberley Castle, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that count Amberley Castle

Storrington, with 8,713 people, is the largest of the 8. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Amberley

563 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 900 m west of it

Bury

393 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km northwest of it

Watersfield

328 people · 15 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km north of it

Coldwaltham

597 people · 14 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Amberley Castle is	People	Places to visit
Amberley	It’s in town	563	14
Bury	900 m west of it	393	14
Watersfield	2.6 km northwest of it	328	15
Coldwaltham	2.9 km north of it	597	14
Storrington	4.7 km east of it	8,713	12
Sutton	4.8 km northwest of it	395	3
Fittleworth	6 km north of it	738	7
Pulborough	6.1 km northeast of it	3,651	3

Make a day of it

Places to add to Amberley Castle

Within 15 km are 40 places, among them 2 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.

CastleArundel Castle5.9 km away 2

CathedralArundel Cathedral6.1 km away 3

MuseumAmberley Museum and Heritage Centre1.1 km away 4

MuseumBignor Roman Villa4.2 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustServants' House10 km away 6

Heritage railwayAmberley Museum Railway1 km away 7

Historic houseParham House3.4 km away 8

Fort · National TrustCissbury Ring12 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Amberley Castle, answered

Where is Amberley Castle?

Amberley Castle is in Amberley, West Sussex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Amberley Castle?

Grade I listed castle in Horsham District, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Amberley Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Amberley, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Amberley Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Amberley Castle?

Within 15 km: Arundel Castle (5.9 km), Arundel Cathedral (6.1 km), Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre (1.1 km) and Bignor Roman Villa (4.2 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)

Amberley Castle: Jonathan Day from Brighton, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arundel Castle: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arundel Cathedral: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bignor Roman Villa: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Servants' House: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Amberley Museum Railway: Ninja Scaley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Parham House: Rictor Norton & David Allen from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cissbury Ring: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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