Snape Castle
Snape Castle is a grade I listed castle. Its place is inside Snape’s built-up area. Our list has 23 more places within 15 km; first among them is Middleham Castle, at 14 km.
Castle in Snape
Inside Snape
Snape Castle is inside Snape’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Snape has 10 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Expect highs of 17–20°C in Snape from June to September.
Snape Castle
4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Snape
The area around Snape Castle
Orange shows Snape Castle; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Snape’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from Snape Castle
Of these 5 towns, the largest is Bedale (3,289 people). Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
More to see nearby
Within 15 km are 23 places, among them 2 gardens, a castle and a cathedral.
CathedralRipon Cathedral14 km away3
GardenThorp Perrow Aboretum1.1 km away4
Abbey or prioryJervaulx Abbey9.1 km away5
Theme parkLightwater Valley9.1 km away6
Heritage railwayWensleydale Railway11 km away7
Historic houseNorton Conyers House9.9 km away8
GardenHackfall7.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Snape Castle in questions
Where is Snape Castle?
Snape Castle is in Snape, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Snape Castle?
Grade I listed castle in North Yorkshire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Snape Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Snape, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Snape Castle a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near Snape Castle?
Within 15 km: Middleham Castle (14 km), Ripon Cathedral (14 km), Thorp Perrow Aboretum (1.1 km) and Jervaulx Abbey (9.1 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)
- Snape Castle: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ripon Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thorp Perrow Aboretum: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jervaulx Abbey: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lightwater Valley: Stefan Scheer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wensleydale Railway: Paul Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norton Conyers House: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hackfall: Alan Bate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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