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Hartley Castle
Castle · near Kirkby Stephen · Cumbria

Hartley Castle

Hartley Castle is a quadrangular castle in Hartley, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. On the map, it sits 600 m east of Kirkby Stephen. Its status is a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Hartley Castle, Stephen Craven https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6597 (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
600 m
east of Kirkby Stephen
How well known
Top 18%
#1,466 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Aug
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Castle near Kirkby Stephen

Just outside Kirkby Stephen

Hartley Castle is 600 m east of Kirkby Stephen. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Kirkby Stephen has 48 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

Warmest in Kirkby Stephen are June to August, at 17–19°C.

Jan6° / 1°141 mm
Feb6° / 1°116 mm
Mar8° / 2°84 mm
Apr11° / 4°59 mm
May15° / 6°62 mm
Jun17° / 9°69 mm
Jul19° / 11°79 mm
Aug18° / 11°96 mm
Sep16° / 9°88 mm
Oct12° / 6°110 mm
Nov9° / 3°120 mm
Dec6° / 1°150 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kirkby Stephen, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Kirkby Stephen. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kirkby Stephen’s full climate →
About

Hartley Castle

Wikipedia covers it in 6 languages. Add Brough Castle, 5.9 km away, to a visit; it leads 4 places within 15 km.

Kirkby Stephen’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Castle
Listed
Grade II listed building
Wikipedias
Covered in 6 languages
Town
600 m east of Kirkby Stephen
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Finding Hartley Castle

On this map, Hartley Castle is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

The towns around Hartley Castle

The biggest base of the 3 is Appleby-in-Westmorland (3,233 people). The list runs from its own town outward.

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  1. 1Kirkby Stephen
  2. 2Brough
  3. 3Appleby-in-Westmorland
1 · 600 m west of it

Kirkby Stephen

1,895 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 6.4 km north of it

Brough

820 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 16 km northwest of it

Appleby-in-Westmorland

3,233 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns
TownWhere Hartley Castle isPeoplePlaces to visit
Kirkby Stephen600 m west of it1,8953
Brough6.4 km north of it8202
Appleby-in-Westmorland16 km northwest of it3,2333
Make a day of it

More near Hartley Castle

Among the 4 within 15 km are 2 castles, a heritage railway and a museum.

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

Asked about Hartley Castle

Where is Hartley Castle?

Hartley Castle is 600 m east of Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria.

What is Hartley Castle?

Quadrangular castle in Hartley, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Hartley Castle?

June to August are the warmest months in Kirkby Stephen, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Hartley Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Hartley Castle?

Within 15 km: Brough Castle (5.9 km), Pendragon Castle (5.6 km), Eden Valley Railway (heritage railway) (8 km) and Stainmore Railway Company (1.5 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 (3)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.