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Harewood Castle

Harewood Castle is a grade I listed castle in Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire. There are 54 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Harewood House (1.4 km). Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 7 languages.

Photo: Harewood Castle, TJ Blackwell (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

100 m

north of Harewood

How well known

Top 15%

#1,210 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Castle near Harewood

Just outside Harewood

Harewood Castle is 100 m north of Harewood. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Harewood has 41 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 weather, month by month

From June to September, Harewood sees highs of 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°52 mm

Feb8° / 1°45 mm

Mar10° / 3°42 mm

Apr13° / 4°45 mm

May16° / 7°45 mm

Jun19° / 9°59 mm

Jul21° / 11°54 mm

Aug21° / 11°61 mm

Sep18° / 9°53 mm

Oct14° / 7°59 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec7° / 2°58 mm

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

About

Harewood Castle

Grade I listed castle in Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

100 m north of Harewood.

Harewood’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: 100 m north of Harewood

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

The map

Harewood Castle on the map

Spot Harewood Castle in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Harewood Castle

The biggest base of the 8 is Leeds (536,262 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · 100 m south of it

Harewood

267 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km north of it

Kirkby Overblow

485 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km east of it

East Keswick

1,145 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km south of it

Leeds

536,262 people · 45 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Harewood Castle is	People	Places to visit
Harewood	100 m south of it	267	2
Kirkby Overblow	3.3 km north of it	485	4
East Keswick	3.6 km east of it	1,145	2
Leeds	4.1 km south of it	536,262	45
Bardsey	4.5 km east of it	1,819	3
Huby (Harrogate)	4.6 km west of it	799	3
Collingham	4.9 km east of it	2,362	2
Scarcroft	4.9 km southeast of it	1,634	5

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Within 15 km you can add 2 castles, a historic house and a cathedral.

Historic houseHarewood House1.4 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageSpofforth Castle6.7 km away 3

CathedralLeeds Cathedral12 km away 4

Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)11 km away 5

CastleKnaresborough Castle12 km away 6

Garden · RHSRHS Garden Harlow Carr9.5 km away 7

Art galleryLeeds Art Gallery12 km away 8

MuseumRoyal Armouries13 km away

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

Harewood Castle, answered

Where is Harewood Castle?

Harewood Castle is 100 m north of Harewood, West Yorkshire.

What is Harewood Castle?

Grade I listed castle in Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Harewood Castle?

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

Is Harewood Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Harewood Castle?

Within 15 km: Harewood House (1.4 km), Spofforth Castle (6.7 km), Leeds Cathedral (12 km) and Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins) (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 (9)

Harewood Castle: TJ Blackwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Spofforth Castle: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Knaresborough Castle: Redvers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
RHS Garden Harlow Carr: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Art Gallery: Frank Watkins, British (fl.1859–94) (ILN staff illustrator), by T.D. Nettleton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Armouries: Tim Marchant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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