Castle · near Detling · Kent

Thurnham Castle

The site of Thurnham Castle is 900 m east of Detling. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument. Close by, Leeds Castle is 5.7 km away, one of 55 within 15 km.

Photo: Thurnham Castle, Mertbiol (CC0)

Where

900 m

east of Detling

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Castle near Detling

Just outside Detling

Thurnham Castle is 900 m east of Detling. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Detling has 17 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

Weather, month by month

Warmest in Detling are May to September, at 17–23°C.

Jan7° / 2°69 mm

Feb8° / 2°53 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May17° / 8°50 mm

Jun20° / 11°46 mm

Jul23° / 13°43 mm

Aug22° / 13°57 mm

Sep19° / 11°54 mm

Oct15° / 8°81 mm

Nov11° / 5°79 mm

Dec8° / 3°75 mm

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

About

Thurnham Castle

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 6 languages.

Detling’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: 900 m east of Detling

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

The map

Thurnham Castle at a glance

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

Towns near it

Towns near Thurnham Castle

Maidstone tops the 8 for size, at 109,503 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · 900 m west of it

Detling

737 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km southwest of it

Maidstone

109,503 people · 20 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km southwest of it

Bearsted

8,349 people · 12 places to visit

4 · 4 km north of it

Bredhurst

437 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Thurnham Castle is	People	Places to visit
Detling	900 m west of it	737	11
Maidstone	2.1 km southwest of it	109,503	20
Bearsted	2.2 km southwest of it	8,349	12
Bredhurst	4 km north of it	437	3
Chatham	4.6 km northwest of it	76,956	37
Gillingham	4.8 km north of it	108,485	33
Hartlip	7.1 km northeast of it	360	0
Bredgar	7.6 km east of it	447	2

Make a day of it

While you are near Thurnham Castle

Our list has 55 more within 15 km, among them 5 castles, a cathedral and a historic house.

CastleLeeds Castle5.7 km away 2

CathedralRochester Cathedral12 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle12 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle13 km away 5

CastleAllington Castle5.5 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageSutton Valence Castle9.1 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustStoneacre4.7 km away 8

MuseumMedway megaliths6.8 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Thurnham Castle?

Thurnham Castle is 900 m east of Detling, Kent.

What is Thurnham Castle?

Castle in Thurnham, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Thurnham Castle?

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

Is Thurnham Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Thurnham Castle?

Within 15 km: Leeds Castle (5.7 km), Rochester Cathedral (12 km), Rochester Castle (12 km) and Upnor Castle (13 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)

Thurnham Castle: Mertbiol, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Castle: Misterzee, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Cathedral: Raggatt2000, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Allington Castle: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sutton Valence Castle: Ukiws, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stoneacre: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Medway megaliths: Midnightblueowl at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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