Oxford Castle Motte
Oxford Castle Motte is a castle in Oxford incorporated into a now closed prison. Its status is a scheduled monument. A short trip away is Ashmolean Museum, 400 m off, the first of 76 within 15 km.
Castle in Oxford
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#246 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (19 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Oxford
Oxford Castle Motte is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 49 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Oxford has 1,168 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
Highs of 17–23°C mark May to September in Oxford.
Oxford Castle Motte
It has articles in 19 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 19 languages
- Town
- in Oxford
- Official site
- oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk
Mapping Oxford Castle Motte
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Oxford Castle Motte is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Oxford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which town is nearest
Oxford tops the 8 for size, at 170,799 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Oxford
Kennington
Boars Hill
Wolvercote
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Oxford Castle Motte is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | It’s in town | 170,799 | 55 |
| Kennington | 3 km south of it | 4,595 | 53 |
| Boars Hill | 3.6 km south of it | 540 | 52 |
| Wolvercote | 3.9 km northwest of it | 1,328 | 49 |
| Chawley | 3.9 km southwest of it | 1,127 | 49 |
| Sandford-on-Thames | 4.8 km southeast of it | 500 | 40 |
| Cumnor | 4.9 km southwest of it | 829 | 7 |
| Farmoor | 6.3 km west of it | 518 | 2 |
What else is near Oxford Castle Motte
Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a garden.
MuseumAshmolean Museum400 m away2
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History900 m away3
Historic houseBeaumont Palace300 m away4
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum900 m away5
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden1.1 km away6
Historic houseBlenheim Palace12 km away7
MuseumMuseum of the History of Science600 m away8
Art galleryChrist Church600 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Oxford Castle Motte: common questions
Where is Oxford Castle Motte?
Oxford Castle Motte is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Oxford Castle Motte?
Castle in Oxford incorporated into a now closed prison.
When is the best time to visit Oxford Castle Motte?
May to September are the warmest months in Oxford, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Oxford Castle Motte a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Oxford Castle Motte?
Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (400 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (900 m), Beaumont Palace (300 m) and Pitt Rivers Museum (900 m).
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)
- Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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