Castle · near Dormansland · Surrey

Starborough Castle

Starborough Castle is a manor house. Its address puts it 1.6 km northeast of Dormansland. It is protected as a scheduled monument.

Photo: Starborough Castle, Wenceslas Hollar (Public domain)

Where

1.6 km

northeast of Dormansland

How well known

Top 22%

#1,855 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Castle near Dormansland

Just outside Dormansland

Starborough Castle is 1.6 km northeast of Dormansland. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Dormansland has 13 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

Warm months and wet ones

Aim for May to September, when Dormansland reaches 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°91 mm

Feb8° / 1°67 mm

Mar11° / 3°53 mm

Apr14° / 4°54 mm

May17° / 7°56 mm

Jun20° / 10°55 mm

Jul22° / 12°56 mm

Aug22° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°64 mm

Oct15° / 7°97 mm

Nov11° / 4°98 mm

Dec8° / 2°99 mm

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

About

Starborough Castle

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages. There are 35 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Hever Castle (5.3 km).

Dormansland’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 1.6 km northeast of Dormansland

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

The map

Starborough Castle and what surrounds it

Starborough Castle sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Starborough Castle

By population, East Grinstead leads the 8 with 26,350. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 1.6 km southwest of it

Dormansland

2,300 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 2 km northeast of it

Edenbridge

7,903 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km west of it

Lingfield

3,622 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km northeast of it

Marlpit Hill

1,271 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Starborough Castle is	People	Places to visit
Dormansland	1.6 km southwest of it	2,300	7
Edenbridge	2 km northeast of it	7,903	8
Lingfield	2.6 km west of it	3,622	5
Marlpit Hill	3.5 km northeast of it	1,271	7
Lingfield Common	3.9 km west of it	420	4
Dormans Park	4.1 km southwest of it	330	9
Felcourt	4.1 km southwest of it	245	5
East Grinstead	4.6 km southwest of it	26,350	10

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Also close at hand are 5 historic houses, a castle and a zoo, among 35 within 15 km.

Historic houseHever Castle5.3 km away 2

Historic house · National TrustChartwell8 km away 3Historic houseHistoric housePenshurst Place10 km away 4

CastleChiddingstone Castle7.3 km away 5

ZooBritish Wildlife Centre6.1 km away 6

Historic houseHammerwood Park5.5 km away 7

Historic houseSaint Hill Manor9.3 km away 8

Museum · National TrustStanden9.2 km away

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

Your questions on Starborough Castle

Where is Starborough Castle?

Starborough Castle is 1.6 km northeast of Dormansland, Surrey.

What is Starborough Castle?

Manor house in Surrey, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Starborough Castle?

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

Is Starborough Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Starborough Castle?

Within 15 km: Hever Castle (5.3 km), Chartwell (8 km), Penshurst Place (10 km) and Chiddingstone Castle (7.3 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)

Starborough Castle: Wenceslas Hollar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Hever Castle: Nigel Lamb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chartwell: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chiddingstone Castle: Hjamesberglen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Wildlife Centre: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hammerwood Park: Zadradr (Uploads), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint Hill Manor: Martyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Standen: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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