Castle · Dudley · West Midlands

Dudley Castle

Dudley Castle is a grade I listed castle in Dudley. A short trip away is Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 12 km off, the first of 84 within 15 km. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 11 languages.

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

Where

In Dudley

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Castle in Dudley

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#598 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (11 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Dudley

Dudley Castle is inside Dudley’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Dudley has 95 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

The climate through the year

From June to September, Dudley sees highs of 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°61 mm

Feb8° / 2°50 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr13° / 4°58 mm

May17° / 7°63 mm

Jun20° / 10°73 mm

Jul22° / 12°69 mm

Aug21° / 12°69 mm

Sep18° / 10°65 mm

Oct14° / 7°81 mm

Nov10° / 4°76 mm

Dec7° / 2°75 mm

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

About

Dudley Castle

Grade I listed castle in Dudley, United Kingdom.

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

Dudley’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 11 languages
Town: in Dudley
Official site: dudleyzoo.org.uk/dudley-castle

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

The map

Where to find Dudley Castle

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Dudley Castle is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Dudley Castle

The 8 towns are led in size by Dudley, with 64,277 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Dudley

64,277 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 900 m northeast of it

Tipton

47,202 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km north of it

Coseley

25,206 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 1.1 km southeast of it

Rowley Regis

39,052 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Dudley Castle is	People	Places to visit
Dudley	It’s in town	64,277	23
Tipton	900 m northeast of it	47,202	18
Coseley	1.1 km north of it	25,206	16
Rowley Regis	1.1 km southeast of it	39,052	20
Sedgley	2 km northwest of it	31,976	23
Brierley Hill	2.8 km southwest of it	32,311	21
Kingswinford	3 km southwest of it	51,900	19
Oldbury	3.2 km southeast of it	45,188	30

Make a day of it

Places to add to Dudley Castle

Choose from 84 places within 15 km, such as 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and an abbey or priory.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery12 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral13 km away 3

MuseumWolverhampton Art Gallery8.7 km away · 159K visitors a year 4

MuseumBlack Country Living Museum700 m away 5

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral13 km away 6

Abbey or prioryPriory Ruins400 m away 7

MuseumSoho House Museum11 km away 8

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts12 km away

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

Before visiting Dudley Castle

Where is Dudley Castle?

Dudley Castle is in Dudley, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dudley Castle?

Grade I listed castle in Dudley, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Dudley Castle?

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

Is Dudley Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Dudley Castle?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (12 km), St Philip's Cathedral (13 km), Wolverhampton Art Gallery (8.7 km) and Black Country Living Museum (700 m).

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)

Dudley Castle: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Wolverhampton Art Gallery: Æthelred, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Black Country Living Museum: Jack1956, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Priory Ruins: Erebus555, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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