Castle · Stansted Mountfitchet · Essex

Stansted Mountfitchet Castle

Stansted Mountfitchet Castle is a Norman ringwork and bailey fortification in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. It is a scheduled monument. Add Audley End House, 13 km away, to a visit; it leads 25 places within 15 km.

Photo: Stansted Mountfitchet Castle, Thomas Nugent (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Stansted Mountfitchet

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Castle in Stansted Mountfitchet

Inside Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet Castle is inside Stansted Mountfitchet’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Stansted Mountfitchet has 109 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

Choosing a month

The warmest afternoons in Stansted Mountfitchet run May to September, at 17–23°C.

Jan7° / 1°61 mm

Feb8° / 1°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 4°40 mm

May17° / 7°44 mm

Jun20° / 10°48 mm

Jul23° / 12°49 mm

Aug23° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°49 mm

Oct15° / 7°68 mm

Nov10° / 4°66 mm

Dec8° / 2°61 mm

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

About

Stansted Mountfitchet Castle

5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Stansted Mountfitchet’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Stansted Mountfitchet
Official site: mountfitchetcastle.com

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

Plan your visit

Opening times and entry

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Finding Stansted Mountfitchet Castle

Find Stansted Mountfitchet Castle in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Stansted Mountfitchet Castle

With 40,916 people, Bishop's Stortford is the largest of the 8. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Stansted Mountfitchet

8,629 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km northeast of it

Elsenham

3,414 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km east of it

Burton End

177 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2 km south of it

Birchanger

957 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Stansted Mountfitchet Castle is	People	Places to visit
Stansted Mountfitchet	It’s in town	8,629	7
Elsenham	1.6 km northeast of it	3,414	3
Burton End	1.8 km east of it	177	8
Birchanger	2 km south of it	957	7
Bishop's Stortford	2.4 km southwest of it	40,916	10
Manuden	2.7 km northwest of it	720	4
Henham	4 km northeast of it	1,046	3
Takeley Street	4.2 km southeast of it	570	7

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Stansted Mountfitchet Castle

25 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 art galleries and 2 museums among them.

Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House13 km away 2

CastleWaytemore Castle (remains)4.4 km away 3

CastleClavering Castle8.2 km away 4

CastleSaffron Walden Castle14 km away 5

Art galleryHenry Moore Foundation11 km away 6

MuseumSouth Mill Arts5.1 km away 7MuseumMuseumBishop's Stortford Museum5.1 km away 8

Art galleryFry Art Gallery14 km away

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

Stansted Mountfitchet Castle, answered

Where is Stansted Mountfitchet Castle?

Stansted Mountfitchet Castle is in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Stansted Mountfitchet Castle?

Norman ringwork and bailey fortification in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Stansted Mountfitchet Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Stansted Mountfitchet, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Stansted Mountfitchet Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Stansted Mountfitchet Castle?

Within 15 km: Audley End House (13 km), Waytemore Castle (remains) (4.4 km), Clavering Castle (8.2 km) and Saffron Walden Castle (14 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)

Stansted Mountfitchet Castle: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Waytemore Castle (remains): PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clavering Castle: Libby norman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Henry Moore Foundation: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
South Mill Arts: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fry Art Gallery: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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