Castle · Tiverton · Devon

Tiverton Castle

Tiverton Castle is a grade I listed historic house museum. Head into Tiverton’s built-up area to find it. Nearby, Knightshayes (2.3 km) heads a list of 22 within 15 km.

Photo: Tiverton Castle, Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Tiverton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Castle in Tiverton

Inside Tiverton

Tiverton Castle is inside Tiverton’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Tiverton has 215 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

Seasons in Tiverton

Aim for June to September, when Tiverton reaches 19–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°109 mm

Feb9° / 2°85 mm

Mar11° / 4°78 mm

Apr14° / 5°68 mm

May17° / 8°60 mm

Jun20° / 10°70 mm

Jul21° / 12°68 mm

Aug21° / 12°79 mm

Sep19° / 10°71 mm

Oct15° / 8°110 mm

Nov11° / 5°123 mm

Dec8° / 3°126 mm

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

About

Tiverton Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 8 languages.

Tiverton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Tiverton
Official site: tivertoncastle.com

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

The map

Getting to Tiverton Castle

Orange: Tiverton Castle.

Towns near it

Towns that list Tiverton Castle

Among the 8, Tiverton is the biggest, home to 19,710 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Tiverton

19,710 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 4.5 km east of it

Halberton

893 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 7.9 km east of it

Sampford Peverell

1,375 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 8.4 km east of it

Willand

3,477 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Tiverton Castle is	People	Places to visit
Tiverton	It’s in town	19,710	8
Halberton	4.5 km east of it	893	6
Sampford Peverell	7.9 km east of it	1,375	2
Willand	8.4 km east of it	3,477	2
Cullompton	8.6 km southeast of it	8,895	3
Bampton	9.3 km north of it	1,294	4
Stoneyford	9.4 km southeast of it	572	3
Silverton	9.9 km south of it	1,501	11

Make a day of it

Pair Tiverton Castle with these

Also close at hand are 3 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 castles, among 22 within 15 km.

Historic house · National TrustKnightshayes2.3 km away 2

MuseumTiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life500 m away 3

CastleBickleigh Castle6.3 km away 4

Historic house · National TrustKillerton House13 km away 5

MuseumDevonshire's Centre5.5 km away 6

CastleBampton Castle9.6 km away 7Park or estatePark or estate · National TrustKnightshayes Court2 km away 8

Historic houseHuntsham Court9 km away

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

What people ask about Tiverton Castle

Where is Tiverton Castle?

Tiverton Castle is in Tiverton, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Tiverton Castle?

Grade I listed historic house museum in Mid Devon, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Tiverton Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Tiverton, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Tiverton Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Tiverton Castle?

Within 15 km: Knightshayes (2.3 km), Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life (500 m), Bickleigh Castle (6.3 km) and Killerton House (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 (8)

Tiverton Castle: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Knightshayes: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bickleigh Castle: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Killerton House: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Devonshire's Centre: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bampton Castle: (Lobsterthermidor 11:57, 4 July 2014 (UTC)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Huntsham Court: Paul Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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