Historic house · Bishop's Waltham · Hampshire

Bishop's Waltham Palace

Bishop's Waltham Palace is a palace ruins. It stands inside Bishop's Waltham’s built-up area. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Bishop's Waltham Palace, Michael Coppins (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Bishop's Waltham

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Historic house in Bishop's Waltham

Inside Bishop's Waltham

Bishop's Waltham Palace is inside Bishop's Waltham’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Bishop's Waltham has 110 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, month by month

Aim for May to September, when Bishop's Waltham reaches 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°97 mm

Feb9° / 2°70 mm

Mar11° / 3°58 mm

Apr14° / 5°60 mm

May17° / 8°52 mm

Jun20° / 11°64 mm

Jul22° / 13°55 mm

Aug22° / 13°69 mm

Sep19° / 10°63 mm

Oct15° / 8°100 mm

Nov11° / 5°109 mm

Dec9° / 2°103 mm

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

About

Bishop's Waltham Palace

Its care is managed by English Heritage. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages. Top of the 61 other places within 15 km is Winchester Cathedral, 14 km off.

Bishop's Waltham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Bishop's Waltham
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/bishops-waltham-palace

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

The map

Mapping Bishop's Waltham Palace

The orange dot is Bishop's Waltham Palace; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns around Bishop's Waltham Palace, by distance

Bishop's Waltham tops the 8 for size, at 6,957 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Bishop's Waltham

6,957 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km south of it

Waltham Chase

2,830 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km southeast of it

Swanmore

3,113 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km northwest of it

Upham

335 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bishop's Waltham Palace is	People	Places to visit
Bishop's Waltham	It’s in town	6,957	6
Waltham Chase	1.5 km south of it	2,830	5
Swanmore	1.8 km southeast of it	3,113	5
Upham	2.7 km northwest of it	335	3
Curdridge	3 km southwest of it	724	6
Shirrell Heath	3.2 km southeast of it	750	5
Shedfield	3.8 km south of it	940	5
Durley	4 km west of it	318	6

Make a day of it

Beyond Bishop's Waltham Palace

Among the 61 within 15 km are 5 castles, a cathedral and a zoo.

CathedralWinchester Cathedral14 km away 2

CastleWinchester Castle14 km away 3

Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle15 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageWolvesey Castle14 km away 5

ZooMarwell Zoo6.4 km away 6

CastleSouthampton Castle15 km away 7

CastleNetley Castle13 km away 8

Abbey or priory · English HeritageTitchfield Abbey11 km away

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

Bishop's Waltham Palace in questions

Where is Bishop's Waltham Palace?

Bishop's Waltham Palace is in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bishop's Waltham Palace?

Palace ruins in England.

Who runs Bishop's Waltham Palace?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Bishop's Waltham Palace?

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

Is Bishop's Waltham Palace a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Bishop's Waltham Palace?

Within 15 km: Winchester Cathedral (14 km), Winchester Castle (14 km), Portchester Castle (15 km) and Wolvesey Castle (14 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)

Bishop's Waltham Palace: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Winchester Cathedral: http://www.wyrdlight.com Author: Antony McCallum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Winchester Castle: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wolvesey Castle: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Marwell Zoo: User:Urshankov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southampton Castle: John Speed, 17th century artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Netley Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Titchfield Abbey: Adam Greenough, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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