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Northampton Castle

Northampton Castle is a castle in Northampton. The register lists it as a scheduled monument. Add Northampton Cathedral, 1.3 km away, to a visit; it leads 23 places within 15 km.

Photo: Northampton Castle, C. H. Hartshorne (Public domain)

Where

In Northampton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 12%

#1,023 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Castle in Northampton

Inside Northampton

Northampton Castle is inside Northampton’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Northampton has 413 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 Northampton

Expect highs of 17–23°C in Northampton from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°56 mm

Feb8° / 2°44 mm

Mar11° / 3°40 mm

Apr14° / 4°46 mm

May17° / 7°51 mm

Jun20° / 10°54 mm

Jul23° / 12°50 mm

Aug22° / 12°61 mm

Sep19° / 10°53 mm

Oct15° / 7°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°62 mm

Dec8° / 2°62 mm

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

About

Northampton Castle

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 8 languages.

Northampton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Northampton

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

The map

Northampton Castle at a glance

Orange: Northampton Castle.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Northampton Castle

The most populous of the 8 is Northampton, at 243,527. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Northampton

243,527 people · 18 places to visit

2 · 3.9 km south of it

Collingtree and Milton Malsor

1,514 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 4.3 km east of it

Great Houghton

648 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 4.7 km southwest of it

Rothersthorpe

458 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Northampton Castle is	People	Places to visit
Northampton	It’s in town	243,527	18
Collingtree and Milton Malsor	3.9 km south of it	1,514	8
Great Houghton	4.3 km east of it	648	8
Rothersthorpe	4.7 km southwest of it	458	2
Kislingbury	4.8 km west of it	1,323	3
Boughton	4.9 km north of it	623	8
Little Houghton	5.6 km east of it	487	6
Harpole	5.8 km west of it	1,349	2

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Northampton Castle

Of the 23 within 15 km, look for 2 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 castles.

CathedralNorthampton Cathedral1.3 km away 2

Historic houseAlthorp8.1 km away 3

MuseumCentral Museum700 m away 4

Museum78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House1 km away 5Heritage railwayHeritage railwayNorthampton and Lamport Railway6.4 km away 6

Historic houseEaston Neston12 km away 7

CastleCastle Ashby House11 km away 8

CastleBury Mount13 km away

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

Good to know about Northampton Castle

Where is Northampton Castle?

Northampton Castle is in Northampton, Northamptonshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Northampton Castle?

Castle in Northampton, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Northampton Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Northampton, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Northampton Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Northampton Castle?

Within 15 km: Northampton Cathedral (1.3 km), Althorp (8.1 km), Central Museum (700 m) and 78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House (1 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 (8)

Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Althorp: Andrew Walker (walker44), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Central Museum: StJaBe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Easton Neston: Cj1340 at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Castle Ashby House: R Neil Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bury Mount: Cj1340, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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