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Gloucester Castle

Gloucester Castle is a former castle in Gloucester. A short trip away is Gloucester Cathedral, 500 m off, the first of 35 within 15 km. It is written up in 8 Wikipedias.

Photo: Gloucester Castle, William Andrew (1848-1908) (Public domain)

Where

In Gloucester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Castle in Gloucester

Inside Gloucester

Gloucester Castle is inside Gloucester’s built-up area, with 14 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

May to September are the warmest in Gloucester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°65 mm

Feb9° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 4°46 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May18° / 8°54 mm

Jun21° / 11°57 mm

Jul23° / 13°60 mm

Aug22° / 13°68 mm

Sep19° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°70 mm

Nov11° / 5°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°73 mm

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

About

Gloucester Castle

Former castle in Gloucester, England.

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

Type: Castle
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Gloucester
Official site: british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42304

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

The map

Its place on the map

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

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

By population, Gloucester leads the 8 with 118,562. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Gloucester

118,562 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Longford

2,536 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Maisemore

538 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km northeast of it

Twigworth

380 people · 17 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Gloucester Castle is	People	Places to visit
Gloucester	It’s in town	118,562	23
Longford	2.3 km northeast of it	2,536	17
Maisemore	3.1 km northwest of it	538	16
Twigworth	3.2 km northeast of it	380	17
Highnam	3.3 km northwest of it	1,920	17
Churchdown	3.4 km northeast of it	13,480	18
Quedgeley and Hardwicke	3.4 km southwest of it	21,125	18
Sandhurst	4.4 km north of it	269	16

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Around it, within 15 km, lie 35 more, including 4 museums, 3 abbeys or priories and a cathedral.

CathedralGloucester Cathedral500 m away 2

Abbey or priorySt Oswald's Priory, Gloucester700 m away 3

Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreyfriars, Gloucester200 m away 4

Abbey or priory · English HeritageBlackfriars100 m away 5

MuseumGloucester Waterways Museum300 m away 6

MuseumMuseum of Gloucester300 m away 7

MuseumSoldiers of Gloucestershire100 m away 8

MuseumThe Folk of Gloucester500 m away

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

Good to know about Gloucester Castle

Where is Gloucester Castle?

Gloucester Castle is in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Gloucester Castle?

Former castle in Gloucester, England.

When is the best time to visit Gloucester Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Gloucester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Gloucester Castle?

Within 15 km: Gloucester Cathedral (500 m), St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester (700 m), Greyfriars, Gloucester (200 m) and Blackfriars (100 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)

Gloucester Castle: William Andrew (1848-1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Greyfriars, Gloucester: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackfriars: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Waterways Museum: Jongleur100, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Gloucester: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soldiers of Gloucestershire: Own work by Chris Ryland, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Folk of Gloucester: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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