Castle · Birmingham · West Midlands

Weoley Castle

Weoley Castle is the remains of a fortified manor house, in Birmingham, West Midlands. Officially, it is a scheduled monument. Look also at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 6.1 km away, first of 79 more within 15 km.

Photo: Weoley Castle, Adrian Bailey (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Castle in Birmingham

Inside Birmingham

Weoley Castle is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 16 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Birmingham has 1,410 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

The weather, month by month

June to September are the warmest in Birmingham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°68 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 7°59 mm

Jun20° / 10°70 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°61 mm

Oct14° / 7°75 mm

Nov10° / 4°75 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

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

About

Weoley Castle

Articles on it exist in 6 languages.

Birmingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Birmingham
Official site: birminghammuseums.org.uk/weoley-castle

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Orange marks Weoley Castle, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Weoley Castle

Birmingham, with 1,121,367 people, is the largest of the 4. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 2.7 km north of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km northwest of it

Oldbury

45,188 people · 30 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km west of it

Halesowen

60,103 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Weoley Castle is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Smethwick	2.7 km north of it	56,343	42
Oldbury	2.7 km northwest of it	45,188	30
Halesowen	2.8 km west of it	60,103	16

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Our list has 79 more within 15 km, among them 6 museums and 2 cathedrals.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery6.1 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral6.4 km away 3

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts3 km away 4

MuseumCadbury World3 km away 5

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral6.7 km away 6

MuseumSoho House Museum7 km away 7

MuseumAston Hall9.1 km away 8

MuseumLapworth Museum of Geology2.6 km away

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

Weoley Castle in questions

Where is Weoley Castle?

Weoley Castle is in Birmingham, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Weoley Castle?

Remains of a fortified manor house, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Weoley Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Birmingham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Weoley Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Weoley Castle?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (6.1 km), St Philip's Cathedral (6.4 km), The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (3 km) and Cadbury World (3 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)

Weoley Castle: Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cadbury World: Grutness at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lapworth Museum of Geology: Shantavira, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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