Castle Chester
Castle Chester is a castle in County Antrim. You will find it inside Whitehead’s settlement. Our list has 23 more places within 15 km; first among them is Carrickfergus Castle, at 7.8 km.
Castle in Whitehead
Inside Whitehead
Castle Chester is inside Whitehead’s settlement, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
Highs of 17–19°C mark June to August in Whitehead.
Castle Chester
Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Whitehead
Around Castle Chester, mapped
Find Castle Chester in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Whitehead’s settlement. · NISRA settlement development limit 2015
Towns within reach of Castle Chester
From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Whitehead
Carrickfergus
Compare the 2 towns
| Town | Where Castle Chester is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead | It’s in town | 3,537 | 3 |
| Carrickfergus | 3.3 km southwest of it | 28,141 | 7 |
Pair Castle Chester with these
The 23 places within 15 km include 3 castles, 2 museums and an abbey or priory.
CastleCarrickfergus Castle7.8 km away2
Abbey or prioryBangor Abbey11 km away3
CastleBangor Castle11 km away4
CastleOlderfleet Castle12 km away5
MuseumUlster Folk and Transport Museum13 km away6
MuseumUS Rangers Centre6 km away7
FortGrey Point Fort9 km away8
Historic shipResult13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Castle Chester
Where is Castle Chester?
Castle Chester is in Whitehead, Mid and East Antrim, inside the town’s settlement.
What is Castle Chester?
Castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
When is the best time to visit Castle Chester?
June to August are the warmest months in Whitehead, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Castle Chester?
Within 15 km: Carrickfergus Castle (7.8 km), Bangor Abbey (11 km), Bangor Castle (11 km) and Olderfleet Castle (12 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (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)
- Carrickfergus Castle: Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bangor Abbey: Andrew Muir from Bangor, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bangor Castle: MartinRobinson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olderfleet Castle: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- US Rangers Centre: ArchiveCarrickfergus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grey Point Fort: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Result: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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