Barbury Castle
Barbury Castle is a hill fort. On the map, it sits 2.7 km south of Wroughton. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument.
Fort near Wroughton
Just outside Wroughton
Barbury Castle is 2.7 km south of Wroughton. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Wroughton has 39 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
Warmest in Wroughton are May to September, at 17–23°C.
Barbury Castle
Its story is told in 7 languages on Wikipedia. There are 28 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway (8.6 km).
- Type
- Fort
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- 2.7 km south of Wroughton
The map
Barbury Castle sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Barbury Castle
Among the 8, Marlborough is the biggest, home to 8,829 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Wroughton
Broad Hinton
Chiseldon
Ogbourne St George
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Barbury Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wroughton | 2.7 km north of it | 7,276 | 11 |
| Broad Hinton | 3.6 km west of it | 629 | 5 |
| Chiseldon | 4.4 km northeast of it | 2,033 | 5 |
| Ogbourne St George | 4.8 km east of it | 531 | 2 |
| Ogbourne Maizey | 5.7 km southeast of it | 379 | 1 |
| Broad Town | 6.1 km west of it | 587 | 5 |
| Manton | 8.1 km south of it | 297 | 2 |
| Marlborough | 8.2 km southeast of it | 8,829 | 2 |
Places to add to Barbury Castle
28 more lie within 15 km, 6 museums and 2 historic houses among them.
MuseumSTEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway8.6 km away2Historic houseHistoric house · National TrustAvebury Manor8.1 km away3MuseumMuseum · National TrustAlexander Keiller Museum8 km away4
MuseumNational Collections Centre3.5 km away5
Historic house · National TrustAshdown Park15 km away6
MuseumMuseum of Computing8.2 km away7MuseumMuseumMuseum & Art Swindon8.3 km away8
MuseumRoyal Wottoon Bassett Museum10 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Barbury Castle: what to know
Where is Barbury Castle?
Barbury Castle is 2.7 km south of Wroughton, Wiltshire.
What is Barbury Castle?
Hill fort in England.
When is the best time to visit Barbury Castle?
May to September are the warmest months in Wroughton, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Barbury Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Barbury Castle?
Within 15 km: STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway (8.6 km), Avebury Manor (8.1 km), Alexander Keiller Museum (8 km) and National Collections Centre (3.5 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 (6)
- Barbury Castle: Geotrekker72, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway: BazzaDaRambler, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Collections Centre: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashdown Park: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Computing: Neil Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Wottoon Bassett Museum: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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