Castle · near Sherborne · Dorset

Sherborne Castle

Sherborne Castle is a grade I listed historic house museum in Sherborne. The site is looked after by English Heritage. Our list has 25 more places within 15 km; first among them is Montacute House, at 15 km.

Photo: Sherborne Castle, JackPeasePhotography (CC BY 2.0)

Where

400 m

east of Sherborne

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Castle near Sherborne

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 Sherborne

Sherborne Castle is 400 m east of Sherborne. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

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

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Sherborne has 377 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

Weather by the month

The warmest stretch in Sherborne is May to September, at 17–22°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°89 mm

Feb9° / 2°65 mm

Mar11° / 3°56 mm

Apr14° / 4°58 mm

May17° / 7°58 mm

Jun20° / 10°50 mm

Jul22° / 12°53 mm

Aug21° / 12°68 mm

Sep19° / 10°64 mm

Oct15° / 7°95 mm

Nov11° / 4°102 mm

Dec9° / 2°100 mm

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

About

Sherborne Castle

Articles on it exist in 9 languages.

Sherborne’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: 400 m east of Sherborne
Official site: sherbornecastle.com

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

The map

Where Sherborne Castle is

The map centres on Sherborne Castle, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Sherborne Castle

Sherborne, with 10,359 people, is the largest of the 8. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · 400 m west of it

Sherborne

10,359 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 2.8 km south of it

Longburton

525 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km northeast of it

Milborne Port

3,207 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km west of it

Nether Compton

402 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Sherborne Castle is	People	Places to visit
Sherborne	400 m west of it	10,359	4
Longburton	2.8 km south of it	525	4
Milborne Port	2.9 km northeast of it	3,207	5
Nether Compton	4.1 km west of it	402	6
Thornford	4.9 km southwest of it	899	4
Bishop's Caundle	5.7 km southeast of it	413	1
Bradford Abbas	6.3 km west of it	975	2
Charlton Horethorne	6.8 km north of it	309	1

Make a day of it

Next door to Sherborne Castle

There are 25 within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle among them.

Historic house · National TrustMontacute House15 km away · 120K visitors a year (2011)2

Castle · English HeritageSherborne Old Castle400 m away 3

FortCadbury Castle9 km away 4

MuseumSherborne Museum1.1 km away 5

MuseumFleet Air Arm Museum12 km away 6

Historic houseStock Gaylard House8 km away 7

MuseumYeovil Railway Centre8.2 km away 8

MuseumHaynes International Motor Museum11 km away

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

Before visiting Sherborne Castle

Where is Sherborne Castle?

Sherborne Castle is 400 m east of Sherborne, Dorset.

What is Sherborne Castle?

Grade I listed historic house museum in Sherborne, United Kingdom.

Who runs Sherborne Castle?

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

When is the best time to visit Sherborne Castle?

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

Is Sherborne Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Sherborne Castle?

Within 15 km: Montacute House (15 km), Sherborne Old Castle (400 m), Cadbury Castle (9 km) and Sherborne Museum (1.1 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 (9)

Sherborne Castle: JackPeasePhotography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Montacute House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sherborne Old Castle: Pengannel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cadbury Castle: Joe D, modified by JimChampion, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Sherborne Museum: SMCurator, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fleet Air Arm Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Stock Gaylard House: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Yeovil Railway Centre: William, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Haynes International Motor Museum: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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