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Knook Castle

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Knook Castle is one of 18 castles the Albion Guide charts in Wiltshire. Nearby castles include Yarnbury camp, East Castle and Stapleford Castle. The closest station is Warminster, 8.6 km to the west.

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More places to visit near Knook Castle

Photo of Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs

National Landscape near Tisbury

Big chalk downland and old hunting country, with some of the darkest night skies in southern England

1.9 km SW

Photo along the Wessex Ridgeway, a 136-mile long-distance path running from Marlborough to Lyme Regis, south west England.

Wessex Ridgeway

Long-distance path

The prehistoric chalk line continued — from Marlborough across Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase to the sea at Lyme Regis.

3.8 km SW · Wiltshire, Dorset & Devon

Photo of Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa, a restaurant in Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa

Restaurant · With rooms near Bishopstrow

Georgian country-house hotel dining in parkland by the River Wylye near Warminster.

6.6 km W

Photo of Westbury White Horse, a hill figure near Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Westbury White Horse

Hill figure near Steeple Ashton

The oldest and best known of the Wiltshire horses, cut into the down below Bratton's Iron Age ramparts and remodelled in 1778; it shows for miles across the vale.

9.7 km NW

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

9.9 km S · spans 14 counties

Photo of St Mary's Church, Old Dilton, a church near Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, south west England.

St Mary's Church, Old Dilton

Church near Dilton Marsh

Little-altered 14th-century church near Westbury with box pews, a three-decker pulpit and a tiny stone spire, kept by the Churches Conservation Trust.

11.4 km NW