Castle · near Coleshill · Warwickshire

Maxstoke Castle

Maxstoke Castle is a medieval castle. It is 2 km east of Coleshill. Officially, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Maxstoke Castle, Steve Wilson from Marchwood, The New Forest, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

2 km

east of Coleshill

How well known

Top 15%

#1,210 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Castle near Coleshill

Just outside Coleshill

Maxstoke Castle is 2 km east of Coleshill. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Coleshill has 55 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 Coleshill

For warmth, aim for June to September (18–22°C highs in Coleshill).

Jan7° / 2°58 mm

Feb8° / 2°49 mm

Mar11° / 3°48 mm

Apr13° / 5°46 mm

May17° / 7°53 mm

Jun20° / 10°67 mm

Jul22° / 12°56 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°58 mm

Oct14° / 7°65 mm

Nov10° / 4°65 mm

Dec8° / 2°66 mm

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

About

Maxstoke Castle

Its story is told in 7 languages on Wikipedia. A short trip away is National Motorcycle Museum, 6.5 km off, the first of 37 within 15 km.

Coleshill’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: 2 km east of Coleshill

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

The map

Maxstoke Castle at a glance

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

Towns near it

Towns that count Maxstoke Castle

Birmingham is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (1,121,367 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 2 km west of it

Coleshill

6,744 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 3.2 km north of it

Whitacre Heath

474 people · 1 place to visit

3 · 3.9 km northwest of it

Water Orton

3,484 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 4 km west of it

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Maxstoke Castle is	People	Places to visit
Coleshill	2 km west of it	6,744	4
Whitacre Heath	3.2 km north of it	474	1
Water Orton	3.9 km northwest of it	3,484	2
Birmingham	4 km west of it	1,121,367	61
Curdworth	5.8 km northwest of it	1,146	2
Old Arley	6.3 km east of it	549	2
Fillongley	6.5 km east of it	493	2
New Arley	7 km east of it	1,666	2

Make a day of it

Also near Maxstoke Castle

Our list has 37 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, 2 castles and a zoo.

MuseumNational Motorcycle Museum6.5 km away · 250K visitors a year 2

MuseumAston Hall14 km away 3

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum15 km away 4

CastleTamworth Castle15 km away 5

CastleHartshill Castle11 km away 6

MuseumCoventry Transport Museum15 km away 7

ZooDrayton Manor Zoo13 km away 8

Historic houseArbury Hall11 km away

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

Maxstoke Castle in questions

Where is Maxstoke Castle?

Maxstoke Castle is 2 km east of Coleshill, Warwickshire.

What is Maxstoke Castle?

Medieval castle in Warwickshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Maxstoke Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Coleshill, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Maxstoke Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Maxstoke Castle?

Within 15 km: National Motorcycle Museum (6.5 km), Aston Hall (14 km), Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum (15 km) and Tamworth Castle (15 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)

Maxstoke Castle: Steve Wilson from Marchwood, The New Forest, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Motorcycle Museum: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tamworth Castle: Stan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hartshill Castle: Brett Lees-Smith from Nuneaton, Warwickshire,, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coventry Transport Museum: Jim Linwood from London, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Drayton Manor Zoo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arbury Hall: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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