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Guildford Castle

Guildford Castle is a castle in Guildford, Surrey. Officially, it is a scheduled monument. A short trip away is Guildford Cathedral, 1.4 km off, the first of 69 within 15 km.

Photo: Guildford Castle, SuzanneKn at English Wikipedia (Public domain)

Where

In Guildford

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 Guildford

Inside Guildford

Guildford Castle is inside Guildford’s built-up area, with 17 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Guildford has 283 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 and weather

Expect highs of 18–23°C in Guildford from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°78 mm

Feb9° / 2°56 mm

Mar11° / 3°49 mm

Apr14° / 4°51 mm

May18° / 7°52 mm

Jun21° / 10°52 mm

Jul23° / 12°50 mm

Aug22° / 12°59 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct15° / 7°82 mm

Nov11° / 4°85 mm

Dec8° / 2°79 mm

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

About

Guildford Castle

Articles on it exist in 8 languages.

Guildford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Guildford
Official site: guildford.gov.uk/castle

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

The map

Finding Guildford Castle

Orange: Guildford Castle.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

The most populous of the 8 is Guildford, at 77,870. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Guildford

77,870 people · 26 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km south of it

Shalford

2,508 people · 20 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km southeast of it

Chilworth

1,917 people · 19 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km south of it

Peasmarsh

468 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Guildford Castle is	People	Places to visit
Guildford	It’s in town	77,870	26
Shalford	1.4 km south of it	2,508	20
Chilworth	2.5 km southeast of it	1,917	19
Peasmarsh	2.7 km south of it	468	20
Bramley and Wonersh	3.3 km south of it	4,193	21
Jacobs Well	3.3 km north of it	1,122	15
Wood Street Village	3.6 km west of it	1,586	17
Farncombe	3.8 km southwest of it	13,247	21

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

Make a day of it

Also near Guildford Castle

Also close at hand are 3 museums, a cathedral and a historic house, among 69 within 15 km.

CathedralGuildford Cathedral1.4 km away 2

MuseumWatts Gallery4.2 km away 3

MuseumGuildford Museum100 m away 4

Museum · National TrustDapdune Wharf1.1 km away 5

Historic houseLoseley Park3.1 km away 6

Art galleryGuildford House Gallery200 m away 7

Garden · National TrustClandon Park4.9 km away 8

FortHenley Fort1.6 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Guildford Castle?

Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Guildford Castle?

Castle in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Guildford Castle?

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

Is Guildford Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Guildford Castle?

Within 15 km: Guildford Cathedral (1.4 km), Watts Gallery (4.2 km), Guildford Museum (100 m) and Dapdune Wharf (1.1 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)

Guildford Castle: SuzanneKn at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Guildford Cathedral: Hassocks5489, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Guildford Museum: Nickuae, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Dapdune Wharf: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Loseley Park: Andrew Wilkinson from London, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Guildford House Gallery: Murgatroyd49, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clandon Park: Murraypaul at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Henley Fort: Surrey Outdoor Learning & Development, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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