Castle · Cawood · North Yorkshire

Cawood Castle

Cawood Castle is a grade I listed quadrangular castle in Cawood, Selby, North Yorkshire. Add York Minster, 15 km away, to a visit; it leads 46 places within 15 km. Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages.

Photo: Cawood Castle, Gordon Hatton (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Cawood

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 15%

#1,210 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Castle in Cawood

Inside Cawood

Cawood Castle is inside Cawood’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Cawood has 29 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

The warmest stretch in Cawood is June to September, at 18–22°C in the afternoon.

Jan7° / 1°48 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar10° / 3°41 mm

Apr13° / 4°43 mm

May17° / 7°44 mm

Jun19° / 10°57 mm

Jul22° / 12°55 mm

Aug21° / 12°61 mm

Sep18° / 10°54 mm

Oct14° / 7°58 mm

Nov10° / 4°59 mm

Dec8° / 2°55 mm

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

About

Cawood Castle

Grade I listed quadrangular castle in Cawood, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

In Cawood, inside the town’s built-up area.

Cawood’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: in Cawood

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

The map

Locating Cawood Castle

The orange dot is Cawood Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that count Cawood Castle

In size, Barlby comes first of the 8, with 3,499 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Cawood

1,501 people · 1 place to visit

2 · 2.1 km southeast of it

Wistow

965 people · 1 place to visit

3 · 3.6 km west of it

Church Fenton

1,643 people · 1 place to visit

4 · 4.1 km east of it

Riccall

2,388 people · 1 place to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cawood Castle is	People	Places to visit
Cawood	It’s in town	1,501	1
Wistow	2.1 km southeast of it	965	1
Church Fenton	3.6 km west of it	1,643	1
Riccall	4.1 km east of it	2,388	1
Appleton Roebuck	4.7 km northwest of it	870	2
Ulleskelf	5.9 km west of it	755	0
Barlby	6.8 km southeast of it	3,499	0
Thorpe Willoughby	6.8 km south of it	3,482	0

Make a day of it

While you are near Cawood Castle

Among the 46 within 15 km are 4 museums, a church and a castle.

ChurchYork Minster15 km away 2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum14 km away · 808K visitors a year 3

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower14 km away 4

MuseumYorkshire Museum15 km away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5

MuseumYork Castle Museum14 km away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

FortYork city walls14 km away 7

Art galleryYork Art Gallery15 km away 8

MuseumJorvik Viking Centre14 km away

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

Questions people have about Cawood Castle

Where is Cawood Castle?

Cawood Castle is in Cawood, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Cawood Castle?

Grade I listed quadrangular castle in Cawood, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Cawood Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Cawood, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Cawood Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Cawood Castle?

Within 15 km: York Minster (15 km), National Railway Museum (14 km), Clifford's Tower (14 km) and Yorkshire Museum (15 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)

Cawood Castle: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

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