Castle · near Fulking · West Sussex

Motte and Bailey

Motte and Bailey is a castle in Fulking, West Sussex. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument. Add Royal Pavilion, 10 km away, to a visit; it leads 62 places within 15 km.

Photo: Motte and Bailey, Simon Carey (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

700 m

southwest of Fulking

How well known

Top 22%

#1,855 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Castle near Fulking

Just outside Fulking

Motte and Bailey is 700 m southwest of Fulking. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Fulking has 21 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 weather, month by month

From May to September, Fulking sees highs of 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°97 mm

Feb8° / 2°64 mm

Mar11° / 3°51 mm

Apr14° / 5°49 mm

May17° / 8°50 mm

Jun20° / 11°52 mm

Jul22° / 13°55 mm

Aug22° / 13°63 mm

Sep20° / 11°64 mm

Oct16° / 8°100 mm

Nov12° / 5°106 mm

Dec9° / 3°104 mm

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

About

Motte and Bailey

Its story is told in 5 languages on Wikipedia.

Fulking’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 700 m southwest of Fulking

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

The map

Finding Motte and Bailey

Orange is Motte and Bailey; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns that list Motte and Bailey

Home to 277,096 people, Brighton and Hove is the largest of these 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 700 m northeast of it

Fulking

295 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 2.5 km northwest of it

Small Dole

785 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Brighton and Hove

277,096 people · 54 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km west of it

Upper Beeding

3,100 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Motte and Bailey is	People	Places to visit
Fulking	700 m northeast of it	295	15
Small Dole	2.5 km northwest of it	785	14
Brighton and Hove	2.9 km southeast of it	277,096	54
Upper Beeding	3.5 km west of it	3,100	10
Southwick	4.2 km south of it	12,242	29
Henfield	4.5 km northwest of it	5,630	5
Shoreham-by-Sea	4.5 km south of it	23,659	16
Bramber	5 km west of it	854	3

Make a day of it

After Motte and Bailey

Our list has 62 more within 15 km, among them 2 museums, a historic house and a castle.

Historic houseRoyal Pavilion10 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageBramber Castle5.2 km away 3

Theme parkBrighton Pier10 km away 4

MuseumBrighton Museum & Art Gallery10 km away · 200K visitors a year 5

PierWest Pier9.5 km away 6

AttractionBrighton i3609.5 km away 7

MuseumBrighton Toy and Model Museum9.4 km away 8

Fort · National TrustCissbury Ring10 km away

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

Questions about Motte and Bailey

Where is Motte and Bailey?

Motte and Bailey is 700 m southwest of Fulking, West Sussex.

What is Motte and Bailey?

Castle in Fulking, West Sussex, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Motte and Bailey?

May to September are the warmest months in Fulking, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Motte and Bailey a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Motte and Bailey?

Within 15 km: Royal Pavilion (10 km), Bramber Castle (5.2 km), Brighton Pier (10 km) and Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (10 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)

Motte and Bailey: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Pavilion: Qmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bramber Castle: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Pier: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
West Pier: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton i360: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Toy and Model Museum: Eric Baird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cissbury Ring: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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