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Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwickshire. Visitors find it inside Warwick’s built-up area. It is protected as a scheduled monument.

Photo: Warwick Castle, DeFacto (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Warwick

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 1%

#68 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Castle in Warwick

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

#68 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (35 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Warwick

Warwick Castle is inside Warwick’s built-up area, with 12 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Warwick has 350 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 through the year

Expect highs of 17–22°C in Warwick from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°58 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May17° / 7°58 mm

Jun20° / 10°57 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug22° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct15° / 7°67 mm

Nov10° / 4°67 mm

Dec8° / 2°62 mm

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

About

Warwick Castle

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 35 languages. There are 57 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Kenilworth Castle (7.6 km).

Warwick’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 35 languages
Town: in Warwick
Official site: warwick-castle.com

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

The map

The area around Warwick Castle

The map puts Warwick Castle in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns near Warwick Castle

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Royal Leamington Spa (51,321 people). 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

Warwick

36,673 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 2 km west of it

Hampton Magna

1,636 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 2 km east of it

Royal Leamington Spa

51,321 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km south of it

Barford

1,428 people · 12 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Warwick Castle is	People	Places to visit
Warwick	It’s in town	36,673	15
Hampton Magna	2 km west of it	1,636	12
Royal Leamington Spa	2 km east of it	51,321	13
Barford	2.9 km south of it	1,428	12
Hatton	3.5 km northwest of it	1,953	12
Whitnash	3.6 km east of it	8,914	12
Leek Wootton	3.6 km north of it	1,003	22
Bishop's Tachbrook	3.9 km southeast of it	2,086	12

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

Make a day of it

While you are near Warwick Castle

Among the 57 within 15 km are 3 museums, 3 historic houses and a castle.

Castle · English HeritageKenilworth Castle7.6 km away 2

MuseumMarket Hall Warwickshire Museum400 m away 3

Historic houseShakespeare's Birthplace13 km away 4

MuseumSt John's House500 m away 5

Historic house · National TrustCharlecote Park8.8 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustBaddesley Clinton11 km away 7

Abbey or prioryStoneleigh Abbey7.4 km away 8MuseumMuseumThe Museum of The Queen’s Royal Hussars500 m away

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

Know before you visit Warwick Castle

Where is Warwick Castle?

Warwick Castle is in Warwick, Warwickshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Warwick Castle?

Medieval castle in Warwickshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Warwick Castle?

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

Is Warwick Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Warwick Castle?

Within 15 km: Kenilworth Castle (7.6 km), Market Hall Warwickshire Museum (400 m), Shakespeare's Birthplace (13 km) and St John's House (500 m).

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)

Warwick Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kenilworth Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Market Hall Warwickshire Museum: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shakespeare's Birthplace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St John's House: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Charlecote Park: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Baddesley Clinton: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stoneleigh Abbey: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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