Castle Ashby House
Castle Ashby House is a country house. Visitors find it 1.5 km southwest of Grendon. It is protected as a Grade I listed building.
Castle near Grendon
Just outside Grendon
Castle Ashby House is 1.5 km southwest of Grendon. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Grendon has 23 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
Expect highs of 19–22°C in Grendon from June to September.
Castle Ashby House
Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages. A short trip away is Northampton Cathedral, 11 km off, the first of 26 within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 1.5 km southwest of Grendon
- Official site
- castleashbygardens.co.uk
Castle Ashby House and what surrounds it
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Castle Ashby House is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Which town is nearest
The biggest base of the 8 is Northampton (243,527 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Grendon
Yardley Hastings
Denton
Cogenhoe
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Castle Ashby House is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grendon | 1.5 km northeast of it | 551 | 2 |
| Yardley Hastings | 1.7 km south of it | 744 | 1 |
| Denton | 2.4 km southwest of it | 743 | 3 |
| Cogenhoe | 3.3 km northwest of it | 1,475 | 3 |
| Earls Barton | 3.7 km north of it | 6,067 | 6 |
| Brafield-on-the-Green | 3.8 km west of it | 654 | 4 |
| Bozeat | 3.8 km east of it | 2,166 | 3 |
| Northampton | 4.7 km west of it | 243,527 | 18 |
While you are near Castle Ashby House
Among the 26 within 15 km are 4 museums, 2 castles and a cathedral.
CathedralNorthampton Cathedral11 km away2
CastleLavendon Castle7.3 km away3
CastleNorthampton Castle11 km away4
Historic houseColworth House12 km away5
MuseumIrchester Railway Museum8 km away6
MuseumCentral Museum11 km away7
Museum78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House10 km away8MuseumMuseumCowper and Newton Museum8.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Castle Ashby House
Where is Castle Ashby House?
Castle Ashby House is 1.5 km southwest of Grendon, Northamptonshire.
What is Castle Ashby House?
Country house in Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Castle Ashby House?
June to September are the warmest months in Grendon, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Castle Ashby House a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near Castle Ashby House?
Within 15 km: Northampton Cathedral (11 km), Lavendon Castle (7.3 km), Northampton Castle (11 km) and Colworth House (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 (8)
- Castle Ashby House: R Neil Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lavendon Castle: Nigel Stickells, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colworth House: Lecomte99 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Irchester Railway Museum: Mick from Northamptonshire, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Central Museum: StJaBe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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