Historic house · near Lucton · Herefordshire

Croft Castle

Croft Castle is a castle and historic house museum near Leominster, Herefordshire. The site is 1.2 km northeast of Lucton. It is protected as a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Croft Castle, Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

1.2 km

northeast of Lucton

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Historic house near Lucton

Just outside Lucton

Croft Castle is 1.2 km northeast of Lucton. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Lucton has 10 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

June to September are the warmest in Lucton, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 2°73 mm

Feb8° / 2°58 mm

Mar10° / 3°54 mm

Apr13° / 4°57 mm

May17° / 7°57 mm

Jun19° / 10°60 mm

Jul21° / 11°58 mm

Aug21° / 11°65 mm

Sep18° / 9°58 mm

Oct14° / 7°83 mm

Nov10° / 4°78 mm

Dec8° / 2°84 mm

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

About

Croft Castle

Its upkeep is handled by the National Trust. Wikipedia covers it in 6 languages. Look also at Ludlow Castle, 11 km away, first of 23 more within 15 km.

Lucton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: 1.2 km northeast of Lucton
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/croftcastle

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

The map

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

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Leominster, with 11,206 people, is the largest of the 8. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · 1.2 km southwest of it

Lucton

190 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 3.4 km south of it

Kingsland

605 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 3.9 km northeast of it

Orleton

631 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3.9 km southeast of it

Luston

529 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Croft Castle is	People	Places to visit
Lucton	1.2 km southwest of it	190	2
Kingsland	3.4 km south of it	605	4
Orleton	3.9 km northeast of it	631	6
Luston	3.9 km southeast of it	529	6
Wigmore	4.2 km northwest of it	527	3
Shobdon	6.6 km southwest of it	481	3
Leominster	7.7 km southeast of it	11,206	4
Eardisland	7.9 km southwest of it	477	3

Make a day of it

Also near Croft Castle

Within 15 km are 23 places, among them 5 castles, a historic house and a park or estate.

CastleLudlow Castle11 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageWigmore Castle5.6 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustBerrington Hall6.2 km away 4

CastleBrampton Bryan Castle11 km away 5Park or estatePark or estate · National TrustCroft Castle and Parkland400 m away 6

CastleHopton Castle15 km away 7

CastleHampton Castle15 km away 8

MuseumLeominster Museum8.1 km away

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

Questions about Croft Castle

Where is Croft Castle?

Croft Castle is 1.2 km northeast of Lucton, Herefordshire.

What is Croft Castle?

Castle and historic house museum near Leominster, Herefordshire, England, UK.

Who runs Croft Castle?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Croft Castle?

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

Is Croft Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Croft Castle?

Within 15 km: Ludlow Castle (11 km), Wigmore Castle (5.6 km), Berrington Hall (6.2 km) and Brampton Bryan Castle (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)

Croft Castle: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ludlow Castle: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wigmore Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Berrington Hall: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brampton Bryan Castle: Philip Pankhurst https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/19770, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hopton Castle: Ostrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hampton Castle: original: Tony Bailey first derivation: Sir Gawain second derivation: Paravane, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leominster Museum: Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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