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Weston Turville Castle

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

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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A motte-and-bailey castle once stood here — today it survives as earthworks in Buckinghamshire. The Albion Guide lists ten motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. Stoke Mandeville Station is 1.9 km away to the west.

More at the National Heritage List entry

More places to visit near Weston Turville Castle

Photo of the Chilterns, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Chilterns

National Landscape near The Lee

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

1.3 km S

Photo of Wendover, a village in Buckinghamshire, south east England.

Wendover

Village

Chilterns market town at a gap in the scarp where the Ridgeway passes through, with a clock-tower, old inns and wooded hills close above.

2.2 km S · Buckinghamshire

Photo of Natural History Museum at Tring, a visitor attraction in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Natural History Museum at Tring

Attraction near Tring

Walter Rothschild's own zoological museum in Tring, its Victorian galleries crammed with mounted animals from around the world.

6.5 km E

Photo of Tring Reservoirs, a reservoir near Marsworth in the Chilterns, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Tring Reservoirs

Reservoir near Marsworth

Four Victorian reservoirs built to feed the Grand Union Canal on the Chiltern edge near Tring, now a noted birdwatching reserve.

6.7 km NE

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

7.1 km NE · spans 9 counties

Photo of Marsworth, a village in Buckinghamshire, south east England.

Marsworth

Village

Canalside village by the Tring reservoirs on the Grand Union, a birdwatching spot where flights of locks climb the Chilterns.

7.4 km NE · Buckinghamshire