Urishay Castle
Located in Peterchurch, Herefordshire Coordinates: 52°01′56″ N 2°59′18″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 236 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- BRS Bristol Airport75 km
- CWL Cardiff International Airport75 km
About Urishay Castle
Urishay Castle is a historic site. Location: Peterchurch, Herefordshire.
Urishay constitutes the remains of a castle, 16th century chapel and 17th century house located about 2.5 km west of Peterchurch in Herefordshire, England.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Heritage designation
- part of a Scheduled Monument
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Urishay Castle
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Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Dorstone Castle Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Bredwardine Oldcastle Trevor Rickard · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Snodhill Castle original: Trevor Rickard derivative work: Paravane · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Climate of Urishay Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 79 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 20°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 0°)
- Wettest month
- January (92 mm)
- Driest month
- July (45 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).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 0° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 10° | 8° | 6° | 3° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 92 | 64 | 66 | 55 | 54 | 60 | 45 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 89 |
How to get to Urishay Castle
The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 75 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newport, 49 km to the south.
Airports
- Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 75 kmsouth
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 75 kmsouth
- Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 97 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Newport Population: 161.5K 49 kmsouth
- Gloucester Population: 132.4K 54 kmeast
- Worcester Population: 101.7K 55 kmeast
- Cardiff Population: 372.1K 63 kmsouth
- Cheltenham Population: 118.8K 64 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Urishay Castle
Within 100 km: 1,043 historic and cultural sites, 2,355 natural sites, 157 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km293 places
- Llangorse Lake Lake 22 kmSW
- Sugar Loaf Mountain 19 kmS
- Pen y Gader-fawr Mountain 13 kmSW
- Hay Bluff Mountain 8 kmW
25–60 km1,321 places
- Alney Island Island 54 kmE
- Denny Island Island 58 kmS
- The Island Island 32 kmNE
- Bevere Island Island 56 kmNE
60–100 km1,941 places
- Kilve Beach Beach 95 kmS
- Steep Holm Island 77 kmS
- Flat Holm Island 73 kmS
- Barry Island Island 74 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Cothill Tump Historic site, Turnastone2 km SE
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Snodhill Castle Historic site, Peterchurch2.8 km N
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Dorstone Castle Historic site, Dorstone4.2 km N
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Whitehouse Camp Historic site, Michaelchurch Escley3.3 km SW
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Poston Mill Motte Historic site, Vowchurch3.5 km E
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Turnastone Motte Historic site, Turnastone3.5 km E
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Snodhill Castle Mountain, Peterchurch2.8 km N
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Chanstone North Tump Historic site, Vowchurch4.6 km E
Nearest towns and villages
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Peterchurch Village, Peterchurch2.5 km NE
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Urishay Common Village, Michaelchurch Escley0.5 km W
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Hinton Village, Peterchurch2.1 km NE
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Dorstone Village, Dorstone3.9 km N
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources