Fort · near Bratton · Wiltshire

Bratton Castle

Bratton Castle is a bivallate Iron Age hillfort on Bratton Down. Visitors find it 800 m southwest of Bratton. It is in the care of English Heritage.

Photo: Bratton Castle, Phil Williams (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

800 m

southwest of Bratton

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Fort near Bratton

Just outside Bratton

Bratton Castle is 800 m southwest of Bratton. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

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

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

When to go

In Bratton the warm season is June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°90 mm

Feb8° / 1°67 mm

Mar10° / 2°63 mm

Apr13° / 4°63 mm

May17° / 7°60 mm

Jun20° / 10°62 mm

Jul22° / 12°66 mm

Aug21° / 12°75 mm

Sep19° / 9°72 mm

Oct14° / 7°98 mm

Nov10° / 4°106 mm

Dec8° / 2°101 mm

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

About

Bratton Castle

4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Add Longleat House, 13 km away, to a visit; it leads 25 places within 15 km.

Type: Fort
Run by: English Heritage
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 800 m southwest of Bratton
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/bratton-camp-and-white-horse

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

The map

Bratton Castle at a glance

Orange marks Bratton Castle, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

The towns around Bratton Castle

Home to 18,018 people, Warminster is the largest of these 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 800 m northeast of it

Bratton

1,172 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 2 km west of it

Westbury

16,394 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km northeast of it

Edington

703 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 4 km northwest of it

West Ashton

452 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bratton Castle is	People	Places to visit
Bratton	800 m northeast of it	1,172	2
Westbury	2 km west of it	16,394	5
Edington	2.4 km northeast of it	703	2
West Ashton	4 km northwest of it	452	4
Dilton Marsh	4.5 km west of it	1,958	5
Steeple Ashton	4.8 km north of it	602	3
Warminster	4.9 km southwest of it	18,018	7
Erlestoke	7.3 km east of it	656	3

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

There are 25 within 15 km, 2 historic houses, 2 castles and 2 museums among them.

Historic houseLongleat House13 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageFarleigh Hungerford Castle12 km away 3

CastleDevizes Castle14 km away 4

Wildlife parkLongleat Safari Park12 km away 5

Museum · National TrustWestwood Manor12 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustGreat Chalfield Manor12 km away 7

Garden · National TrustThe Courts Garden11 km away 8

MuseumTrowbridge Museum7.8 km away

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

Asked about Bratton Castle

Where is Bratton Castle?

Bratton Castle is 800 m southwest of Bratton, Wiltshire.

What is Bratton Castle?

Bivallate Iron Age hillfort on Bratton Down in Wiltshire, England.

Who runs Bratton Castle?

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

When is the best time to visit Bratton Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Bratton, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Bratton Castle?

Within 15 km: Longleat House (13 km), Farleigh Hungerford Castle (12 km), Devizes Castle (14 km) and Longleat Safari Park (12 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)

Bratton Castle: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Longleat House: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Farleigh Hungerford Castle: nicksarebi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Devizes Castle: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Longleat Safari Park: Andy Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westwood Manor: Rog Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Great Chalfield Manor: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Courts Garden: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Trowbridge Museum: MuseumTrowbridge, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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