Codnor Castle
Ruins of a castle in Derbyshire, England, UK.
Castle near Ripley
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#219 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (20 Wikipedias). About ↓
Just outside Ripley
Codnor Castle is 1.1 km east of Ripley. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Ripley has 14 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Warmest: June to September
Afternoon highs of 18–21°C, on the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages for Ripley. When to go ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ripley, and rain in a month. Green months are the warmest.
Codnor Castle
Ruins of a castle in Derbyshire, England, UK.
1.1 km east of Ripley.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 20 languages
- Town
- 1.1 km east of Ripley
- Official site
- codnorcastle.com
Where Codnor Castle is
Orange: Codnor Castle. Numbers: the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Codnor Castle
The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out. Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Also near Codnor Castle
Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Castle · National TrustDuffield Castle11 km away2
Abbey or prioryNewstead Abbey11 km away3Historic houseHistoric house · National TrustHardwick Hall14 km away4
MuseumNational Tramway Museum11 km away5
MuseumWollaton Hall15 km away6
Heritage railwayMidland Railway – Butterley3.6 km away7
Abbey or prioryBeauvale Priory6 km away8
MuseumD.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum4.4 km awayVisiting Codnor Castle
Where is Codnor Castle?
Codnor Castle is 1.1 km east of Ripley, Derbyshire.
What is Codnor Castle?
Ruins of a castle in Derbyshire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Codnor Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Ripley, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Codnor Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Codnor Castle?
Within 15 km: Duffield Castle (11 km), Newstead Abbey (11 km), Hardwick Hall (14 km) and National Tramway Museum (11 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)
- Codnor Castle: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duffield Castle: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newstead Abbey: brianfagan from Nottingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Tramway Museum: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wollaton Hall: Harry Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Midland Railway – Butterley: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beauvale Priory: Tina Cordon at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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