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Hylton Castle

Hylton Castle is a castle in Sunderland. The register lists it as a scheduled monument. Add Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, 4.5 km away, to a visit; it leads 78 places within 15 km.

Photo: Hylton Castle, Craigy (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Sunderland

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 8%

#682 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 19–19°C

In brief

Castle in Sunderland

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#682 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (8 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Sunderland

Hylton Castle is inside Sunderland’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Sunderland has 270 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

Month by month in Sunderland

Expect 19°C highs in Sunderland in July and August.

Jan7° / 2°49 mm

Feb8° / 2°43 mm

Mar10° / 3°40 mm

Apr11° / 5°50 mm

May14° / 7°46 mm

Jun17° / 10°61 mm

Jul19° / 12°60 mm

Aug19° / 12°68 mm

Sep17° / 10°55 mm

Oct13° / 8°63 mm

Nov10° / 5°74 mm

Dec8° / 2°59 mm

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

About

Hylton Castle

Upkeep is seen to by English Heritage. Its story is told in 8 languages on Wikipedia.

Sunderland’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Sunderland
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hylton-castle

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

The map

Where to find Hylton Castle

Hylton Castle is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Hylton Castle

Home to 168,323 people, Sunderland is the largest of these 8. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Sunderland

168,323 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 2 km southwest of it

Washington

51,318 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km north of it

East Boldon and West Boldon

6,795 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km north of it

Boldon Colliery

6,071 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Hylton Castle is	People	Places to visit
Sunderland	It’s in town	168,323	21
Washington	2 km southwest of it	51,318	9
East Boldon and West Boldon	2.2 km north of it	6,795	16
Boldon Colliery	2.4 km north of it	6,071	8
Cleadon	3.4 km northeast of it	4,599	19
South Shields	3.7 km north of it	73,326	23
Jarrow	3.7 km northwest of it	29,467	19
South Bents	4.8 km northeast of it	1,113	13

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

A visit can add 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and an abbey or priory, from 78 places within 15 km.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey4.5 km away 2

MuseumTurbinia13 km away 3

MuseumArbeia Roman Fort Museum9.1 km away 4

MuseumBeamish Museum14 km away · 350K visitors a year 5

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral12 km away 6

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle12 km away 7

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock13 km away · 638K visitors a year 8

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral12 km away

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

Hylton Castle, answered

Where is Hylton Castle?

Hylton Castle is in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Hylton Castle?

Castle in Sunderland, UK.

Who runs Hylton Castle?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Hylton Castle?

July and August are the warmest months in Sunderland, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Hylton Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Hylton Castle?

Within 15 km: Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey (4.5 km), Turbinia (13 km), Arbeia Roman Fort Museum (9.1 km) and Beamish Museum (14 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)

Hylton Castle: Craigy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Arbeia Roman Fort Museum: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beamish Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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