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Stone Castle

Stone Castle is part of what Stone has to see. Nearby, 3 more places to visit are within 5 km. Its status is a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Stone Castle, Ken Brown (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Stone

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 15%

#1,210 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Castle in Stone

Inside Stone

Stone Castle is inside Stone’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Stone has 2 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

Expect highs of 17–23°C in Stone from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°55 mm

Feb8° / 2°46 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 5°41 mm

May17° / 8°47 mm

Jun21° / 11°48 mm

Jul23° / 13°44 mm

Aug23° / 13°56 mm

Sep20° / 10°53 mm

Oct15° / 8°69 mm

Nov11° / 5°69 mm

Dec8° / 3°62 mm

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

About

Stone Castle

7 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. The first name on our list around it is Red House, 10 km away.

Stone’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: in Stone

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

The map

Stone Castle and what surrounds it

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

Towns near it

Towns close to Stone Castle

Home to 69,131 people, Dartford is the largest of these 8. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Stone

6,438 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 100 m northeast of it

Swanscombe

15,462 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 300 m east of it

Ebbsfleet Valley

2,989 people · 12 places to visit

4 · 1 km west of it

Dartford

69,131 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Stone Castle is	People	Places to visit
Stone	It’s in town	6,438	6
Swanscombe	100 m northeast of it	15,462	13
Ebbsfleet Valley	300 m east of it	2,989	12
Dartford	1 km west of it	69,131	11
Bean	1.6 km south of it	1,633	5
Purfleet-on-Thames	2.4 km northwest of it	5,881	7
Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock	2.5 km north of it	23,589	6
Northfleet	2.6 km east of it	29,892	12

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Also near Stone Castle

Of the 40 within 15 km, look for 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 forts.

Museum · National TrustRed House10 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageEynsford Castle9.2 km away 3

Fort · English HeritageTilbury Fort6.8 km away 4

Historic houseLullingstone Castle11 km away 5

MuseumDartford Borough Museum and Library4.1 km away 6

Museum · National TrustRainham Hall10 km away 7

FortCoalhouse Fort11 km away 8

CastleNew Tavern Fort6.9 km away

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

Before visiting Stone Castle

Where is Stone Castle?

Stone Castle is in Stone, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Stone Castle?

Castle in Kent, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Stone Castle?

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

Is Stone Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Stone Castle?

Within 15 km: Red House (10 km), Eynsford Castle (9.2 km), Tilbury Fort (6.8 km) and Lullingstone Castle (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)

Stone Castle: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Red House: Velela, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Eynsford Castle: Richard Nevell from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tilbury Fort: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lullingstone Castle: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dartford Borough Museum and Library: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rainham Hall: JRennocks, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coalhouse Fort: The original uploader was Sue Wallace at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
New Tavern Fort: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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