Castle · near Easingwold · North Yorkshire

Crayke Castle

On the map, Crayke Castle is 2.3 km east of Easingwold. Officially, it is a scheduled monument. Around it, within 15 km, lie 25 more places, Rievaulx Abbey Museum (14 km) first on our list.

Photo: Crayke Castle, Paul Buckingham (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

2.3 km

east of Easingwold

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Castle near Easingwold

Just outside Easingwold

Crayke Castle is 2.3 km east of Easingwold. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Easingwold has 46 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

Warm months and wet ones

The warmest afternoons in Easingwold run June to September, at 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°58 mm

Feb8° / 1°46 mm

Mar10° / 2°41 mm

Apr13° / 4°43 mm

May16° / 7°49 mm

Jun19° / 10°62 mm

Jul21° / 12°57 mm

Aug21° / 12°65 mm

Sep18° / 10°55 mm

Oct14° / 7°65 mm

Nov10° / 3°67 mm

Dec7° / 1°59 mm

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

About

Crayke Castle

Its story is told in 6 languages on Wikipedia.

Easingwold’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: 2.3 km east of Easingwold

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

The map

Crayke Castle and what surrounds it

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

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Crayke Castle

Of these 5 towns, the largest is Easingwold (5,036 people). The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 2.3 km west of it

Easingwold

5,036 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 3.2 km southeast of it

Stillington

826 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 4.2 km south of it

Huby (Hambleton)

1,056 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 5.9 km northwest of it

Husthwaite

392 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Crayke Castle is	People	Places to visit
Easingwold	2.3 km west of it	5,036	2
Stillington	3.2 km southeast of it	826	2
Huby (Hambleton)	4.2 km south of it	1,056	2
Husthwaite	5.9 km northwest of it	392	5
Ampleforth	8.5 km north of it	1,239	9

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Among the 25 within 15 km are 3 abbeys or priories, 3 castles and 2 historic houses.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageRievaulx Abbey Museum14 km away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageByland Abbey8.3 km away 3

CastleGilling Castle8 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageHelmsley Castle14 km away 5

Abbey or prioryAmpleforth Abbey9 km away 6

CastleSheriff Hutton Castle10 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustBeningbrough Hall & Gardens13 km away 8

Historic houseSutton Park6.6 km away

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

Your questions on Crayke Castle

Where is Crayke Castle?

Crayke Castle is 2.3 km east of Easingwold, North Yorkshire.

What is Crayke Castle?

Castle in North Yorkshire, UK.

When is the best time to visit Crayke Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Easingwold, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Crayke Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Crayke Castle?

Within 15 km: Rievaulx Abbey Museum (14 km), Byland Abbey (8.3 km), Gilling Castle (8 km) and Helmsley Castle (14 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 (9)

Crayke Castle: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rievaulx Abbey Museum: Tilman2007/Dr. Volkmar Rudolf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Byland Abbey: Antony McCallum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gilling Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Helmsley Castle: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ampleforth Abbey: martin dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sheriff Hutton Castle: Shaunconway, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beningbrough Hall & Gardens: Arvind, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sutton Park: David M Goodwin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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