Dorstone Castle
Located in Dorstone, Herefordshire Coordinates: 52°04′08″ N 3°00′17″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 163 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- CWL Cardiff International Airport78 km
- BRS Bristol Airport79 km
About Dorstone Castle
Dorstone Castle is a historic site. Location: Dorstone, Herefordshire.
Dorstone Castle was in the village of Dorstone in Herefordshire, England, located 6 miles to the east of Hay-on-Wye.
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At a glance
- Heritage designation
- scheduled monument
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Dorstone Castle
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Bredwardine Oldcastle Trevor Rickard · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Snodhill Castle original: Trevor Rickard derivative work: Paravane · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Urishay Castle Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Climate of Dorstone Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 115 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- January (128 mm)
- Driest month
- July (58 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 7° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 10° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 1° | 3° | 4° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 11° | 9° | 7° | 4° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 128 | 90 | 94 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 58 | 82 | 93 | 105 | 115 | 127 |
How to get to Dorstone Castle
The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 78 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newport, 54 km to the south.
Airports
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 78 kmsouth
- Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 79 kmsouth
- Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 96 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Newport Population: 161.5K 54 kmsouth
- Worcester Population: 101.7K 55 kmeast
- Gloucester Population: 132.4K 57 kmsoutheast
- Cheltenham Population: 118.8K 66 kmeast
- Cardiff Population: 372.1K 67 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Dorstone Castle
Within 100 km: 1,041 historic and cultural sites, 2,398 natural sites, 162 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km321 places
- Llangorse Lake Lake 23 kmSW
- Sugar Loaf Mountain 23 kmS
- Pen y Gader-fawr Mountain 15 kmSW
- Hay Bluff Mountain 8 kmSW
25–60 km1,344 places
- Alney Island Island 56 kmSE
- The Island Island 29 kmNE
- Bevere Island Island 56 kmE
- Pen-y-gareg Reservoir Lake 49 kmNW
60–100 km1,936 places
- Kilve Beach Beach 99 kmS
- Steep Holm Island 81 kmS
- Flat Holm Island 77 kmS
- Barry Island Island 77 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Snodhill Castle Historic site, Peterchurch1.6 km SE
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The Bage Historic site, Clifford2.2 km NW
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Bredwardine Oldcastle Historic site, Bredwardine3.6 km NE
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Castle Coppice Historic site, Bredwardine3.3 km NE
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Snodhill Castle Mountain, Peterchurch1.6 km SE
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Urishay Castle Historic site, Peterchurch4.2 km S
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Moccas Hill Mountain, Dorstone2.3 km E
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Moccas Castle Historic site, Moccas3.7 km E
Nearest towns and villages
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Dorstone Village, Dorstone0.4 km SE
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Common Bach Village, Dorstone1 km S
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Snodhill Village, Peterchurch1.4 km SE
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The Bage Village, Dorstone2.2 km NW
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources