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Cambridge Castle

Cambridge Castle is a castle in Cambridge. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument. Around it, within 15 km, lie 59 more places, Fitzwilliam Museum (1.4 km) first on our list.

Photo: Cambridge Castle, Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck (Public domain)

Where

In Cambridge

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 9%

#755 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Castle in Cambridge

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 Cambridge

Cambridge Castle is inside Cambridge’s built-up area, with 28 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Cambridge has 832 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 in Cambridge

Expect highs of 18–23°C in Cambridge from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°48 mm

Feb9° / 2°36 mm

Mar11° / 3°33 mm

Apr14° / 5°36 mm

May18° / 7°45 mm

Jun21° / 10°51 mm

Jul23° / 13°49 mm

Aug23° / 12°57 mm

Sep20° / 10°48 mm

Oct15° / 8°57 mm

Nov11° / 4°53 mm

Dec8° / 2°50 mm

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

About

Cambridge Castle

Its story is told in 10 languages on Wikipedia.

Cambridge’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 10 languages
Town: in Cambridge

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

The map

Mapping Cambridge Castle

Orange is Cambridge Castle; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

In size, Cambridge comes first of the 8, with 152,742 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Cambridge

152,742 people · 33 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km northwest of it

Girton

4,384 people · 28 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km north of it

Histon and Impington

7,781 people · 32 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km west of it

Coton

952 people · 25 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cambridge Castle is	People	Places to visit
Cambridge	It’s in town	152,742	33
Girton	1.9 km northwest of it	4,384	28
Histon and Impington	2.6 km north of it	7,781	32
Coton	2.9 km west of it	952	25
Grantchester	3.4 km south of it	536	26
Fen Ditton	3.7 km east of it	509	31
Milton	3.9 km northeast of it	4,150	30
Barton	4.7 km southwest of it	504	22

Make a day of it

Places to add to Cambridge Castle

Among the 59 within 15 km are 6 museums, an art gallery and a garden.

1MuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum1.4 km away · 364K visitors a year 2

MuseumMuseum of Zoology1.1 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)3

Art galleryKettle's Yard Gallery100 m away 4

GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden2.2 km away 5

MuseumWhipple Museum of the History Of Science1.1 km away 6

MuseumIWM Duxford13 km away · 401K visitors a year (2019)7

MuseumMuseum of Archaeology and Anthropology1.1 km away 8

MuseumSedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences1.1 km away

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

Before visiting Cambridge Castle

Where is Cambridge Castle?

Cambridge Castle is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Cambridge Castle?

Castle in Cambridge, England.

When is the best time to visit Cambridge Castle?

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

Is Cambridge Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Cambridge Castle?

Within 15 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (1.4 km), Museum of Zoology (1.1 km), Kettle's Yard Gallery (100 m) and Cambridge University Botanic Garden (2.2 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)

Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kettle's Yard Gallery: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whipple Museum of the History Of Science: Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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