Castle · near Craven Arms · Shropshire

Stokesay Castle

Stokesay Castle is a grade I listed historic house museum. This one stands 600 m south of Craven Arms. It is looked after by English Heritage.

Photo: Stokesay Castle, Andy / Andrew Fogg from near Cambridge, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

600 m

south of Craven Arms

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 7%

#525 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Castle near Craven Arms

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#525 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (10 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Craven Arms

Stokesay Castle is 600 m south of Craven Arms. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

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

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Craven Arms has 9 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

Picking your season

Afternoons in Craven Arms reach 18–21°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 1°72 mm

Feb8° / 1°61 mm

Mar10° / 3°56 mm

Apr13° / 4°57 mm

May16° / 7°58 mm

Jun19° / 10°64 mm

Jul21° / 11°59 mm

Aug20° / 11°65 mm

Sep18° / 9°62 mm

Oct14° / 7°85 mm

Nov10° / 4°81 mm

Dec8° / 2°86 mm

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

About

Stokesay Castle

Articles on it exist in 10 languages. A short trip away is Ludlow Castle, 10 km off, the first of 17 within 15 km.

Craven Arms’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 10 languages
Town: 600 m south of Craven Arms
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stokesay-castle

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

The map

Finding Stokesay Castle

On this map, Stokesay Castle is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

The biggest base of the 8 is Ludlow (10,037 people). Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · 600 m north of it

Craven Arms

2,563 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 7.9 km southwest of it

Leintwardine

611 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 10 km southeast of it

Rockgreen

243 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 10 km southeast of it

Ludlow

10,037 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Stokesay Castle is	People	Places to visit
Craven Arms	600 m north of it	2,563	5
Leintwardine	7.9 km southwest of it	611	3
Rockgreen	10 km southeast of it	243	4
Ludlow	10 km southeast of it	10,037	5
Bucknell	11 km southwest of it	740	2
Church Stretton	12 km north of it	3,576	1
Sheet	12 km southeast of it	175	3
Wigmore	13 km south of it	527	3

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Among the 17 within 15 km are 5 castles, 2 museums and a historic house.

CastleLudlow Castle10 km away 2

MuseumLand of Lost Content1.1 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageWigmore Castle13 km away 4

Historic houseStokesay Court3.2 km away 5

CastleHopton Castle7.8 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageClun Castle14 km away 7

CastleBrampton Bryan Castle11 km away 8

MuseumTown Hall (museum)13 km away

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

Before visiting Stokesay Castle

Where is Stokesay Castle?

Stokesay Castle is 600 m south of Craven Arms, Shropshire.

What is Stokesay Castle?

Grade I listed historic house museum in Shropshire, England, UK.

Who runs Stokesay Castle?

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

When is the best time to visit Stokesay Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Craven Arms, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Stokesay Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Stokesay Castle?

Within 15 km: Ludlow Castle (10 km), Land of Lost Content (1.1 km), Wigmore Castle (13 km) and Stokesay Court (3.2 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)

Stokesay Castle: Andy / Andrew Fogg from near Cambridge, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ludlow Castle: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Land of Lost Content: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wigmore Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stokesay Court: PJMarriott, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hopton Castle: Ostrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clun Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brampton Bryan Castle: Philip Pankhurst https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/19770, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Town Hall (museum): Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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