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Queenborough Castle

Queenborough Castle is a concentric castle in Queenborough, Swale. It is protected as a scheduled monument. Nearby, Southend Pier (12 km) heads a list of 31 within 15 km.

Photo: Queenborough Castle, Richard Dorrell (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Queenborough

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Castle in Queenborough

Inside Queenborough

Queenborough Castle is inside Queenborough’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Queenborough has 23 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 best months to visit

The warmest afternoons in Queenborough run May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°44 mm

Feb9° / 3°36 mm

Mar11° / 4°32 mm

Apr15° / 6°35 mm

May18° / 9°40 mm

Jun21° / 12°41 mm

Jul23° / 14°40 mm

Aug23° / 14°46 mm

Sep20° / 12°43 mm

Oct16° / 9°57 mm

Nov12° / 6°60 mm

Dec9° / 3°49 mm

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

About

Queenborough Castle

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 6 languages.

Queenborough’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Queenborough

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

The map

Where it sits

The orange dot is Queenborough Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Queenborough Castle

Among the 8, Sittingbourne is the biggest, home to 54,385 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Queenborough

3,915 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 600 m northeast of it

Sheerness

13,253 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 700 m east of it

Halfway Houses

4,396 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 2.2 km east of it

Minster (Swale)

16,735 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Queenborough Castle is	People	Places to visit
Queenborough	It’s in town	3,915	5
Sheerness	600 m northeast of it	13,253	5
Halfway Houses	700 m east of it	4,396	5
Minster (Swale)	2.2 km east of it	16,735	4
Grain	3.4 km northwest of it	1,728	5
Sittingbourne	3.4 km south of it	54,385	6
Iwade	4.2 km south of it	4,533	4
Lower Halstow	7.4 km southwest of it	1,210	0

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

After Queenborough Castle

Of the 31 within 15 km, look for 4 forts, a pier and a theme park.

PierSouthend Pier12 km away 2FortFortGrain Fort5 km away 3

Theme parkAdventure Island13 km away 4

Heritage railwaySittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway6.5 km away 5

FortDarnet Fort11 km away 6

FortSlough Fort9.8 km away 7

MuseumPS Medway Queen13 km away 8

FortCockham Wood Fort14 km away

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

What people ask about Queenborough Castle

Where is Queenborough Castle?

Queenborough Castle is in Queenborough, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Queenborough Castle?

Concentric castle in Queenborough, Swale, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Queenborough Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Queenborough, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Queenborough Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Queenborough Castle?

Within 15 km: Southend Pier (12 km), Grain Fort (5 km), Adventure Island (13 km) and Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway (6.5 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)

Queenborough Castle: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southend Pier: Southend_Pier_Autumn_2007.jpg: Damian Dukarski The original uploader was Dammmmian at English Wikipedia. derivative work: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adventure Island: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway: Mjroots, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Darnet Fort: DavidAnstiss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Slough Fort: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
PS Medway Queen: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cockham Wood Fort: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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