Castle · Haringey · London

Bruce Castle

Bruce Castle is a manor house. Its place is inside Haringey’s built-up area. It is protected as a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Bruce Castle, The wub (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Haringey

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 5%

#410 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Castle in Haringey

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

#410 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (14 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Haringey

Bruce Castle is inside Haringey’s built-up area, with 16 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Haringey has 306 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

In Haringey, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°66 mm

Feb9° / 3°49 mm

Mar11° / 4°40 mm

Apr15° / 6°46 mm

May18° / 9°49 mm

Jun21° / 12°55 mm

Jul23° / 14°51 mm

Aug23° / 14°62 mm

Sep20° / 11°54 mm

Oct15° / 9°73 mm

Nov11° / 5°71 mm

Dec8° / 3°65 mm

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

About

Bruce Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 14 languages. Add British Museum, 9.6 km away, to a visit; it leads 538 places within 15 km.

Haringey’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 14 languages
Town: in Haringey
Official site: brucecastle.org

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

The map

Bruce Castle and what surrounds it

The orange dot is Bruce Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns around Bruce Castle, by distance

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Barnet (388,572 people). Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Haringey

264,069 people · 149 places to visit

2 · 1 km north of it

Enfield

329,822 people · 39 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km east of it

Waltham Forest

278,129 people · 73 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km south of it

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bruce Castle is	People	Places to visit
Haringey	It’s in town	264,069	149
Enfield	1 km north of it	329,822	39
Waltham Forest	2.2 km east of it	278,129	73
Hackney	2.6 km south of it	258,464	407
Islington	4 km southwest of it	216,309	425
Barnet	4.6 km west of it	388,572	102
High Roding	38 km northeast of it	581	1
High Easter	38 km northeast of it	720	0

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a museum are among the 538 within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum9.6 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London10 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

Historic houseBuckingham Palace12 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey12 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower11 km away 6

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral9.6 km away 7

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery11 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)8

AttractionLondon Eye11 km away

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

Quick answers on Bruce Castle

Where is Bruce Castle?

Bruce Castle is in Haringey, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bruce Castle?

Manor house in London, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Bruce Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Haringey, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Bruce Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Bruce Castle?

Within 15 km: British Museum (9.6 km), Tower of London (10 km), Buckingham Palace (12 km) and Westminster Abbey (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)

Bruce Castle: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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