Historic house · Broughton · Oxfordshire

Broughton Castle

Broughton Castle is a medieval manor house. Visitors find it inside Broughton’s built-up area. It holds the status of a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Broughton Castle, David Stowell (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Broughton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 10%

#792 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Historic house in Broughton

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#792 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Broughton

Broughton Castle is inside Broughton’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Broughton has 24 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

Seasons and weather

For warmth, aim for June to September (18–22°C highs in Broughton).

Jan7° / 1°66 mm

Feb8° / 1°47 mm

Mar10° / 2°45 mm

Apr13° / 3°49 mm

May16° / 6°60 mm

Jun20° / 9°50 mm

Jul22° / 11°52 mm

Aug21° / 12°65 mm

Sep18° / 9°54 mm

Oct14° / 6°69 mm

Nov10° / 3°70 mm

Dec7° / 1°67 mm

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

About

Broughton Castle

Articles on it exist in 9 languages. A short trip away is Deddington Castle, 8.5 km off, the first of 13 within 15 km.

Broughton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Broughton
Official site: broughtoncastle.com

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

The map

Finding Broughton Castle

On this map, Broughton Castle is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns that list Broughton Castle

The largest of the 8 towns is Banbury, with 52,041 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Broughton

284 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km northeast of it

Banbury

52,041 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 2 km south of it

Bloxham

3,681 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km south of it

Milcombe

733 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Broughton Castle is	People	Places to visit
Broughton	It’s in town	284	5
Banbury	1.9 km northeast of it	52,041	4
Bloxham	2 km south of it	3,681	5
Milcombe	3.3 km south of it	733	3
Wroxton	3.4 km north of it	307	4
Bodicote	3.6 km east of it	4,752	4
Swalcliffe	3.7 km west of it	239	3
South Newington	4.7 km south of it	274	2

Make a day of it

Next door to Broughton Castle

Within 15 km are 13 places, among them 3 castles, 2 historic houses and 2 museums.

Castle · English HeritageDeddington Castle8.5 km away 2

Historic house · National TrustUpton House8.9 km away 3

MuseumBloxham Village Museum2.8 km away 4

CastleCompton Wynyates9.4 km away 5

MuseumBanbury Museum4.8 km away 6

CastleAynhoe Park11 km away 7

Historic houseFarnborough Hall11 km away 8

ZooHeythrop Zoological Gardens12 km away

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

Know before you visit Broughton Castle

Where is Broughton Castle?

Broughton Castle is in Broughton, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Broughton Castle?

Medieval manor house in Oxfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Broughton Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Broughton, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Broughton Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Broughton Castle?

Within 15 km: Deddington Castle (8.5 km), Upton House (8.9 km), Bloxham Village Museum (2.8 km) and Compton Wynyates (9.4 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)

Broughton Castle: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Deddington Castle: Charlesdrakew, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Upton House: Lee Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bloxham Village Museum: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Compton Wynyates: Norman Crump, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Banbury Museum: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aynhoe Park: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Farnborough Hall: Nicholas Jackson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Heythrop Zoological Gardens: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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