Castle · Peterborough · Cambridgeshire

Longthorpe Tower

Longthorpe Tower is a grade I listed house. The built-up area of Peterborough includes it. It is conserved by English Heritage.

Photo: Longthorpe Tower, Julian Dowse (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Peterborough

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 13%

#1,081 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Castle in Peterborough

Inside Peterborough

Longthorpe Tower is inside Peterborough’s built-up area, with 4 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 ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Peterborough 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

The best months to visit

The warmest stretch in Peterborough is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°49 mm

Feb9° / 2°37 mm

Mar11° / 3°37 mm

Apr14° / 4°43 mm

May18° / 7°47 mm

Jun21° / 10°50 mm

Jul23° / 12°58 mm

Aug23° / 12°59 mm

Sep20° / 10°52 mm

Oct15° / 7°60 mm

Nov11° / 4°56 mm

Dec8° / 2°51 mm

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

About

Longthorpe Tower

5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. There are 19 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Peterborough Cathedral (3.2 km).

Peterborough’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Peterborough
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/longthorpe-tower

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

The map

Where to find Longthorpe Tower

The map centres on Longthorpe Tower, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Longthorpe Tower

Home to 190,592 people, Peterborough is the largest of these 8. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Peterborough

190,592 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km west of it

Castor and Ailsworth

1,461 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 4.9 km southeast of it

Farcet

1,596 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 6.2 km south of it

Yaxley

9,403 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Longthorpe Tower is	People	Places to visit
Peterborough	It’s in town	190,592	10
Castor and Ailsworth	3.3 km west of it	1,461	4
Farcet	4.9 km southeast of it	1,596	6
Yaxley	6.2 km south of it	9,403	4
Glinton	7.5 km north of it	1,743	1
Eye	8 km northeast of it	5,419	6
Helpston	8.3 km northwest of it	1,249	1
Newborough	8.6 km northeast of it	1,469	0

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Choose from 19 places within 15 km, such as 2 historic houses, 2 castles and 2 museums.

CathedralPeterborough Cathedral3.2 km away 2

Historic houseBurghley House14 km away 3

CastleFotheringhay Castle11 km away 4

CastleWoodcroft Castle6.5 km away 5

MuseumFlag Fen6.6 km away 6

Heritage railwayNene Valley Railway3.7 km away 7

MuseumPeterborough Museum and Art Gallery2.8 km away 8

Historic houseElton Hall9.1 km away

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

Know before you visit Longthorpe Tower

Where is Longthorpe Tower?

Longthorpe Tower is in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Longthorpe Tower?

Grade I listed house in Longthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

Who runs Longthorpe Tower?

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

When is the best time to visit Longthorpe Tower?

May to September are the warmest months in Peterborough, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Longthorpe Tower a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Longthorpe Tower?

Within 15 km: Peterborough Cathedral (3.2 km), Burghley House (14 km), Fotheringhay Castle (11 km) and Woodcroft Castle (6.5 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 (9)

Longthorpe Tower: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Peterborough Cathedral: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Burghley House: Anthony Masi from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fotheringhay Castle: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Woodcroft Castle: Andrew Kerr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Flag Fen: The original uploader was Kev747 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nene Valley Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elton Hall: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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