Castle · near Pickering · North Yorkshire

Pickering Castle

Pickering Castle is a castle in Pickering, North Yorkshire. It holds the status of a scheduled monument. A short trip away is North Yorkshire Moors Railway, 100 m off, the first of 18 within 15 km.

Photo: Pickering Castle, MortimerCat (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

100 m

north of Pickering

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Castle near Pickering

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#598 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Pickering

Pickering Castle is 100 m north of Pickering. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Pickering has 225 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

In Pickering the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°60 mm

Feb8° / 1°51 mm

Mar10° / 2°53 mm

Apr13° / 4°50 mm

May16° / 6°43 mm

Jun19° / 9°63 mm

Jul21° / 11°58 mm

Aug21° / 11°65 mm

Sep18° / 9°58 mm

Oct14° / 6°71 mm

Nov9° / 3°76 mm

Dec7° / 1°73 mm

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

About

Pickering Castle

Its care is managed by English Heritage. Wikipedia covers it in 9 languages.

Pickering’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: 100 m north of Pickering
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/pickering-castle

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

The map

Pickering Castle at a glance

Use the numbers to match each place near Pickering Castle with the list.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Pickering Castle

The biggest base of the 8 is Pickering (7,260 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · 100 m south of it

Pickering

7,260 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km northwest of it

Middleton

400 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 3.3 km southeast of it

Thornton-le-Dale

1,858 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km south of it

Kirby Misperton

310 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Pickering Castle is	People	Places to visit
Pickering	100 m south of it	7,260	10
Middleton	1.4 km northwest of it	400	9
Thornton-le-Dale	3.3 km southeast of it	1,858	3
Kirby Misperton	4.3 km south of it	310	10
Sinnington	5.6 km west of it	296	1
Ebberston	10 km east of it	472	0
Kirkbymoorside	11 km west of it	2,763	2
Rillington	12 km southeast of it	1,206	1

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Within 15 km are 18 places, among them 3 attractions, 2 museums and a heritage railway.

Heritage railwayNorth Yorkshire Moors Railway100 m away 2

MuseumBeck Isle Museum400 m away 3

AttractionMumbo Jumbo4.8 km away 4

Theme parkFlamingo Land4.9 km away 5

AttractionKumali4.7 km away 6

MuseumRyedale Folk Museum11 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustNunnington Hall14 km away 8AttractionAttractionSik5 km away

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

Asked about Pickering Castle

Where is Pickering Castle?

Pickering Castle is 100 m north of Pickering, North Yorkshire.

What is Pickering Castle?

Castle in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

Who runs Pickering Castle?

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

When is the best time to visit Pickering Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Pickering, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Pickering Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Pickering Castle?

Within 15 km: North Yorkshire Moors Railway (100 m), Beck Isle Museum (400 m), Mumbo Jumbo (4.8 km) and Flamingo Land (4.9 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)

Pickering Castle: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Subarite, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beck Isle Museum: Geoff King, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mumbo Jumbo: chris 論, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Flamingo Land: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kumali: Stefan Scheer, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Ryedale Folk Museum: Helge Klaus Rieder, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Nunnington Hall: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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