Fort · Buckden · Cambridgeshire

Buckden Towers

Buckden Towers is a complex of buildings including parts of a former Bishop's palace. You will find it inside Buckden’s built-up area. It holds the status of a scheduled monument.

Photo: Buckden Towers, Robert Edwards (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Buckden

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 9%

#755 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Fort in Buckden

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

#755 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (10 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Buckden

Buckden Towers is inside Buckden’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Buckden has 63 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 by the month

Afternoons in Buckden reach 17–23°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°49 mm

Feb8° / 2°36 mm

Mar11° / 3°34 mm

Apr14° / 4°39 mm

May17° / 7°44 mm

Jun20° / 10°47 mm

Jul23° / 12°51 mm

Aug22° / 12°56 mm

Sep19° / 10°49 mm

Oct15° / 8°62 mm

Nov11° / 4°53 mm

Dec8° / 2°52 mm

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

About

Buckden Towers

Wikipedia covers it in 10 languages. Our list has 16 more places within 15 km; first among them is Kimbolton Castle, at 9.1 km.

Buckden’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 10 languages
Town: in Buckden

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

The map

Around Buckden Towers, mapped

Numbered points are the places near Buckden Towers, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Among the 8, Huntingdon is the biggest, home to 25,603 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Buckden

2,757 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Brampton

6,585 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km southeast of it

Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny

1,385 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 3.9 km southeast of it

Great Paxton

1,003 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Buckden Towers is	People	Places to visit
Buckden	It’s in town	2,757	2
Brampton	2.3 km northeast of it	6,585	5
Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny	2.5 km southeast of it	1,385	5
Great Paxton	3.9 km southeast of it	1,003	2
West Perry	4 km west of it	547	2
Little Paxton	4.4 km south of it	4,031	3
Huntingdon	4.8 km northeast of it	25,603	8
Ellington	4.9 km northwest of it	604	1

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Within 15 km are 16 places, among them 3 castles, 2 abbeys or priories and a museum.

CastleKimbolton Castle9.1 km away 2

CastleHuntingdon Castle6.1 km away 3

MuseumThe Cromwell Museum6.2 km away 4

CastleEaton Socon Castle9 km away 5

Abbey or prioryHinchingbrooke House5.2 km away 6

AttractionThe Chinese Bridge5.9 km away 7

Historic houseThe Manor10 km away 8Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · English HeritageBushmead Priory10 km away

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

Buckden Towers, answered

Where is Buckden Towers?

Buckden Towers is in Buckden, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Buckden Towers?

Complex of buildings including parts of a former Bishop's palace.

When is the best time to visit Buckden Towers?

May to September are the warmest months in Buckden, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Buckden Towers a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Buckden Towers?

Within 15 km: Kimbolton Castle (9.1 km), Huntingdon Castle (6.1 km), The Cromwell Museum (6.2 km) and Eaton Socon Castle (9 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 (8)

Buckden Towers: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kimbolton Castle: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Huntingdon Castle: Duncan Grey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Cromwell Museum: Robert Weedon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eaton Socon Castle: Chris Jefferies., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hinchingbrooke House: The original uploader was Multiple films at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
The Chinese Bridge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Manor: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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