Castle · near Luton · Bedfordshire

Someries Castle

Someries Castle is a fortified manor house. Its address puts it 200 m southeast of Luton. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Someries Castle, Forscher scs (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

200 m

southeast of Luton

How well known

Top 11%

#885 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–23°C

In brief

Castle near Luton

Just outside Luton

Someries Castle is 200 m southeast of Luton. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Luton has 88 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

Seasons and weather

Expect highs of 19–23°C in Luton from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°64 mm

Feb7° / 2°47 mm

Mar10° / 3°42 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May17° / 8°52 mm

Jun20° / 10°55 mm

Jul23° / 13°50 mm

Aug22° / 12°62 mm

Sep19° / 11°55 mm

Oct14° / 8°68 mm

Nov10° / 4°71 mm

Dec7° / 2°63 mm

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

About

Someries Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 9 languages. Look also at St Albans Cathedral, 13 km away, first of 40 more within 15 km.

Luton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: 200 m southeast of Luton

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

The map

Locating Someries Castle

Numbered points are the places near Someries Castle, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Towns that count Someries Castle

Largest of the 8 is Luton, home to 233,524. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · 200 m northwest of it

Luton

233,524 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 3.4 km northeast of it

Breachwood Green

704 people · 1 place to visit

3 · 3.9 km southwest of it

Slip End

1,410 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 4 km south of it

Harpenden

30,964 people · 14 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Someries Castle is	People	Places to visit
Luton	200 m northwest of it	233,524	12
Breachwood Green	3.4 km northeast of it	704	1
Slip End	3.9 km southwest of it	1,410	7
Harpenden	4 km south of it	30,964	14
Kinsbourne Green	4.2 km south of it	454	6
Kimpton	4.9 km east of it	1,546	4
Caddington	5.8 km west of it	3,288	7
Whitwell	6.4 km east of it	1,020	4

Make a day of it

While you are near Someries Castle

Nearby, 40 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a cathedral.

CathedralSt Albans Cathedral13 km away 2

ZooWhipsnade Zoo12 km away 3

Historic houseLuton Hoo2.2 km away 4

Historic houseKnebworth House11 km away 5

MuseumWardown Park Museum4.1 km away 6

Museum · National TrustShaw's Corner8.2 km away 7

MuseumMossman Collection3.2 km away 8

MuseumStockwood Discovery Centre3.3 km away

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

Asked about Someries Castle

Where is Someries Castle?

Someries Castle is 200 m southeast of Luton, Bedfordshire.

What is Someries Castle?

Fortified manor house in Hyde, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Someries Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Luton, with afternoon highs of 19–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Someries Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Someries Castle?

Within 15 km: St Albans Cathedral (13 km), Whipsnade Zoo (12 km), Luton Hoo (2.2 km) and Knebworth House (11 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)

Someries Castle: Forscher scs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Luton Hoo: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Knebworth House: Heron2 (Heron on en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wardown Park Museum: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shaw's Corner: PaulSkin from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mossman Collection: Cameraman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stockwood Discovery Centre: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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