Castle · near Great Urswick · Cumbria

Gleaston Castle

Gleaston Castle is a 14th-century enclosure castle. Its setting is 2.6 km south of Great Urswick. It holds the status of a scheduled monument.

Photo: Gleaston Castle, Chas Hollwey (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

2.6 km

south of Great Urswick

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Castle near Great Urswick

Just outside Great Urswick

Gleaston Castle is 2.6 km south of Great Urswick. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Great Urswick has 4 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

Seasons in Great Urswick

Expect highs of 18–20°C in Great Urswick from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°117 mm

Feb8° / 2°87 mm

Mar10° / 3°79 mm

Apr13° / 4°64 mm

May16° / 7°64 mm

Jun19° / 10°77 mm

Jul20° / 12°92 mm

Aug20° / 12°108 mm

Sep18° / 10°102 mm

Oct14° / 7°132 mm

Nov11° / 4°138 mm

Dec8° / 2°131 mm

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

About

Gleaston Castle

Wikipedia covers it in 6 languages. Look also at Furness Abbey, 4.3 km away, first of 18 more within 15 km.

Great Urswick’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: 2.6 km south of Great Urswick

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

The map

Gleaston Castle on the map

Orange: Gleaston Castle.

Towns near it

The towns around Gleaston Castle

Home to 55,260 people, Barrow-in-Furness is the largest of these 8. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · 2.6 km north of it

Great Urswick

270 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Dalton-in-Furness

7,551 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 3.4 km west of it

Barrow-in-Furness

55,260 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 5.7 km north of it

Swarthmoor

1,030 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Gleaston Castle is	People	Places to visit
Great Urswick	2.6 km north of it	270	5
Dalton-in-Furness	3.1 km northwest of it	7,551	9
Barrow-in-Furness	3.4 km west of it	55,260	11
Swarthmoor	5.7 km north of it	1,030	2
Ulverston	7 km north of it	11,219	5
Askam in Furness	7.6 km northwest of it	3,172	9
Flookburgh	11 km northeast of it	891	4
Kirkby-in-Furness	11 km north of it	581	2

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Also close at hand are 3 castles, 2 abbeys or priories and a museum, among 18 within 15 km.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageFurness Abbey4.3 km away 2

MuseumThe Dock Museum7.5 km away · 68K visitors a year 3

Castle · English HeritagePiel Castle8.4 km away 4

CastleDalton Castle4.3 km away 5ZooZooSouth Lakes Safari Zoo4.4 km away 6

CastleMillom Castle13 km away 7

Historic houseHolker Hall11 km away 8

Abbey or prioryCartmel Priory14 km away

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

Gleaston Castle: what to know

Where is Gleaston Castle?

Gleaston Castle is 2.6 km south of Great Urswick, Cumbria.

What is Gleaston Castle?

14th-century enclosure castle in England.

When is the best time to visit Gleaston Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Great Urswick, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Gleaston Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Gleaston Castle?

Within 15 km: Furness Abbey (4.3 km), The Dock Museum (7.5 km), Piel Castle (8.4 km) and Dalton Castle (4.3 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)

Gleaston Castle: Chas Hollwey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Furness Abbey: Francis Bijl from Groningen, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Dock Museum: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Piel Castle: Arnold Price, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dalton Castle: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Millom Castle: Andrew Woodhall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Holker Hall: Ken Crosby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cartmel Priory: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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