Castle · near Swainby · North Yorkshire

Whorlton Castle

Whorlton Castle is a grade I listed castle. Its location is 300 m north of Swainby. A short trip away is Mount Grace Priory, 5.1 km off, the first of 12 within 15 km.

Photo: Whorlton Castle, Prioryman (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

300 m

north of Swainby

How well known

Top 22%

#1,855 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Castle near Swainby

Just outside Swainby

Whorlton Castle is 300 m north of Swainby. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Swainby has 7 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 and weather

In Swainby, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–21°C.

Jan7° / 2°57 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar10° / 3°42 mm

Apr12° / 5°50 mm

May16° / 7°46 mm

Jun18° / 10°68 mm

Jul21° / 12°60 mm

Aug20° / 12°69 mm

Sep17° / 10°61 mm

Oct13° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°70 mm

Dec7° / 2°63 mm

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

About

Whorlton Castle

5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Swainby’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 300 m north of Swainby

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

The map

Whorlton Castle on the map

The places near Whorlton Castle are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Bases near Whorlton Castle

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Stokesley (4,906 people). From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · 300 m south of it

Swainby

563 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 3.2 km north of it

Hutton Rudby

1,955 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 5.9 km southwest of it

Osmotherley

658 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 7.7 km northeast of it

Great Broughton

862 people · 1 place to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Whorlton Castle is	People	Places to visit
Swainby	300 m south of it	563	4
Hutton Rudby	3.2 km north of it	1,955	2
Osmotherley	5.9 km southwest of it	658	2
Great Broughton	7.7 km northeast of it	862	1
Stokesley	7.7 km northeast of it	4,906	3
Seamer (Hambleton)	8 km north of it	323	3
Hilton	9 km north of it	385	1
Great Ayton	12 km northeast of it	4,348	1

Make a day of it

After Whorlton Castle

Nearby, 12 places within 15 km include 2 museums, 2 historic houses and an abbey or priory.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageMount Grace Priory5.1 km away 2

CathedralMiddlesbrough Cathedral12 km away 3MuseumMuseum · English HeritageMount Grace House5.2 km away 4

MuseumCaptain Cook Schoolroom Museum11 km away 5

ZooNewham Grange Leisure Farm13 km away 6

Historic housePreston Hall14 km away 7

Historic houseAcklam Hall15 km away 8

CastleSockburn Hall14 km away

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

Whorlton Castle in questions

Where is Whorlton Castle?

Whorlton Castle is 300 m north of Swainby, North Yorkshire.

What is Whorlton Castle?

Grade I listed castle in Hambleton, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Whorlton Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Swainby, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Whorlton Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Whorlton Castle?

Within 15 km: Mount Grace Priory (5.1 km), Middlesbrough Cathedral (12 km), Mount Grace House (5.2 km) and Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum (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 (8)

Whorlton Castle: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mount Grace Priory: Frglrx, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Middlesbrough Cathedral: MiddlesbroughCathedral.JPG: JohnArmagh derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newham Grange Leisure Farm: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Preston Hall: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Acklam Hall: Originally uploaded by Djdaedalus (Transferred by Hogweard), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sockburn Hall: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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