Castle · Towcester · Northamptonshire

Bury Mount

You can find Bury Mount, a castle, in Towcester. Our list has 2 more places within 5 km. It holds the status of a scheduled monument.

Photo: Bury Mount, Cj1340 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Towcester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 22%

#1,855 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Castle in Towcester

Inside Towcester

Bury Mount is inside Towcester’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Towcester has 90 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

The climate through the year

The warmest stretch in Towcester is June to September, at 19–22°C in the afternoon.

Jan7° / 1°64 mm

Feb8° / 1°49 mm

Mar10° / 2°46 mm

Apr14° / 4°57 mm

May17° / 7°72 mm

Jun20° / 9°53 mm

Jul22° / 11°50 mm

Aug22° / 11°65 mm

Sep19° / 9°69 mm

Oct14° / 7°76 mm

Nov10° / 4°71 mm

Dec8° / 1°65 mm

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

About

Bury Mount

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 5 languages. The pick nearby is Easton Neston, 900 m off.

Towcester’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Towcester

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

The map

The area around Bury Mount

Bury Mount is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Bury Mount

With 11,333 people, Towcester is the largest of the 8. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Towcester

11,333 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km northwest of it

Greens Norton

1,525 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 3.9 km southeast of it

Paulerspury

720 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 4.2 km northwest of it

Pattishall and Astcote

1,081 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bury Mount is	People	Places to visit
Towcester	It’s in town	11,333	5
Greens Norton	2.2 km northwest of it	1,525	3
Paulerspury	3.9 km southeast of it	720	4
Pattishall and Astcote	4.2 km northwest of it	1,081	3
Whittlebury	4.4 km south of it	260	4
Silverstone	4.6 km southwest of it	2,542	40
Stoke Bruerne	4.6 km east of it	398	5
Blisworth	5.7 km northeast of it	1,603	3

Make a day of it

Pair Bury Mount with these

Among the 57 within 15 km are 2 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 castles.

Historic houseEaston Neston900 m away 2

CathedralNorthampton Cathedral14 km away 3

Museum · National TrustStowe House12 km away 4

CastleAstwell Castle9.8 km away 5

CastleNorthampton Castle13 km away 6

MuseumThe Canal Museum5.1 km away 7

Garden · National TrustStowe Park and Garden11 km away 8

Historic house · National TrustCanons Ashby House12 km away

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

Know before you visit Bury Mount

Where is Bury Mount?

Bury Mount is in Towcester, Northamptonshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bury Mount?

Castle in the UK.

When is the best time to visit Bury Mount?

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

Is Bury Mount a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Bury Mount?

Within 15 km: Easton Neston (900 m), Northampton Cathedral (14 km), Stowe House (12 km) and Astwell Castle (9.8 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)

Bury Mount: Cj1340, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Easton Neston: Cj1340 at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Stowe House: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Astwell Castle: Allan Fea (1860 - 1956)?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Canal Museum: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stowe Park and Garden: Neoclassicist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canons Ashby House: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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