Castle · near Madeley · Staffordshire

Heighley Castle

Heighley Castle is a ruined castle. It is 600 m north of Madeley. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Heighley Castle, Peter Styles (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

600 m

north of Madeley

How well known

Top 15%

#1,210 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Castle near Madeley

Just outside Madeley

Heighley Castle is 600 m north of Madeley. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Madeley has 24 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

Weather, month by month

From June to September, Madeley sees highs of 18–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°62 mm

Feb8° / 1°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°51 mm

Apr13° / 4°53 mm

May16° / 7°58 mm

Jun18° / 10°66 mm

Jul20° / 12°69 mm

Aug20° / 12°75 mm

Sep18° / 10°66 mm

Oct14° / 7°80 mm

Nov10° / 4°71 mm

Dec7° / 2°79 mm

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

About

Heighley Castle

Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages. Top of the 32 other places within 15 km is Crewe Heritage Centre, 11 km off.

Madeley’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: 600 m north of Madeley

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

The map

The way to Heighley Castle

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

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Of the 8, Newcastle-under-Lyme is the largest, at 76,511 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 600 m south of it

Madeley

3,293 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 1.7 km west of it

Ravenshall

381 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km northwest of it

Betley

639 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km northeast of it

Halmer End and Alsagers Bank

1,158 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Heighley Castle is	People	Places to visit
Madeley	600 m south of it	3,293	6
Ravenshall	1.7 km west of it	381	2
Betley	2.1 km northwest of it	639	2
Halmer End and Alsagers Bank	3.2 km northeast of it	1,158	10
Newcastle-under-Lyme	3.3 km east of it	76,511	21
Keele	3.4 km east of it	2,607	12
Miles Green	3.8 km northeast of it	865	6
Audley	3.8 km northeast of it	1,984	4

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

Make a day of it

Close to Heighley Castle

Around it, within 15 km, lie 32 more, including 5 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.

MuseumCrewe Heritage Centre11 km away · 30K visitors a year 2

Historic house · National TrustLittle Moreton Hall14 km away 3

Castle · National TrustMow Cop Castle14 km away 4

Historic houseWhitmore Hall6.7 km away 5

MuseumMoseley Railway Trust5.3 km away 6

MuseumEnglesea Brook Museum of Methodism5.1 km away 7

MuseumApedale Heritage Centre5.3 km away 8

MuseumMiddleport Pottery9.1 km away

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

Know before you visit Heighley Castle

Where is Heighley Castle?

Heighley Castle is 600 m north of Madeley, Staffordshire.

What is Heighley Castle?

Ruined castle in Staffordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Heighley Castle?

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

Is Heighley Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Heighley Castle?

Within 15 km: Crewe Heritage Centre (11 km), Little Moreton Hall (14 km), Mow Cop Castle (14 km) and Whitmore Hall (6.7 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)

Heighley Castle: Peter Styles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crewe Heritage Centre: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Little Moreton Hall: Christine-Ann Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mow Cop Castle: Nmwatson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Whitmore Hall: Andy and Hilary, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Moseley Railway Trust: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Englesea Brook Museum of Methodism: Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Apedale Heritage Centre: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Middleport Pottery: Andrew Woodvine (awo…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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