Hornby Castle
Hornby Castle is a country house in the Lune Valley, Lancashire. Find it 200 m east of Hornby. It is a Grade I listed building.
Castle near Hornby
Just outside Hornby
Hornby Castle is 200 m east of Hornby. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Hornby has 25 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
The warmest afternoons in Hornby run June to September, at 17–20°C.
Hornby Castle
Articles on it exist in 7 languages. Nearby, Thurland Castle (5 km) heads a list of 31 within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- 200 m east of Hornby
- Official site
- hornbycastle.com
Hornby Castle at a glance
On this map, Hornby Castle is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
By population, Halton leads the 8 with 2,652. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Hornby
Low Bentham
Over Kellet
Caton
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Hornby Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornby | 200 m west of it | 434 | 3 |
| Low Bentham | 6.3 km east of it | 697 | 1 |
| Over Kellet | 6.5 km west of it | 607 | 4 |
| Caton | 6.6 km southwest of it | 2,552 | 5 |
| Burton in Lonsdale | 7.5 km northeast of it | 575 | 2 |
| High Bentham | 8 km east of it | 1,701 | 0 |
| Nether Kellet | 8.4 km west of it | 391 | 3 |
| Halton | 9 km southwest of it | 2,652 | 15 |
Other places close by
31 more lie within 15 km, 2 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral among them.
CastleThurland Castle5 km away2
CastleLancaster Castle13 km away3
CathedralLancaster Cathedral13 km away4
Historic houseLeighton Hall, Lancashire11 km away5
AttractionWhite Scar Cave14 km away6
ZooLakeland Wildlife Oasis12 km away7
MuseumLancaster City Museum13 km away8
MuseumJudges' Lodgings Museum13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Hornby Castle
Where is Hornby Castle?
Hornby Castle is 200 m east of Hornby, Lancashire.
What is Hornby Castle?
Country house in the Lune Valley, Lancashire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Hornby Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Hornby, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Hornby Castle a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near Hornby Castle?
Within 15 km: Thurland Castle (5 km), Lancaster Castle (13 km), Lancaster Cathedral (13 km) and Leighton Hall, Lancashire (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)
- Hornby Castle: Andy Hawkins from Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thurland Castle: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancaster Castle: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancaster Cathedral: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leighton Hall, Lancashire: Anglovirtual, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- White Scar Cave: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lakeland Wildlife Oasis: TheArmchairSoldier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancaster City Museum: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Judges' Lodgings Museum: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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