- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 9 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- LBA Leeds Bradford Airport35 km
- HUY Humberside Airport59 km
About Cawood Castle
Cawood Castle is a historic site. Location: Cawood, Selby District.
Cawood Castle is a grade I listed building in Cawood, a village in North Yorkshire, England. The surviving fifteenth-century structures formed part of a fortified medieval palace belonging to the Archbishops of York, which was dismantled in the aftermath of the English Civil War.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Built
- 1378
- Heritage designation
- Grade I listed building, scheduled monument
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Cawood Castle
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Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Cawood Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 49 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- December (56 mm)
- Driest month
- February (36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 6° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 3° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 52 | 36 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 53 | 44 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 49 | 56 |
Other places to visit in this season: June July August September
How to get to Cawood Castle
The nearest airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), 35 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is York, 14 km to the north.
Airports
- Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 35 kmwest
- Humberside Airport (HUY) Grimsby, Lincolnshire 59 kmsoutheast
- Teesside International Airport (MME) Darlington, Durham 78 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- York Population: 156.1K 14 kmnorth
- Leeds Population: 536.3K 28 kmwest
- Wakefield Population: 109.8K 29 kmsouthwest
- Doncaster Population: 113.6K 34 kmsouth
- Bradford Population: 366.2K 41 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Cawood Castle
Within 100 km: 514 historic and cultural sites, 838 natural sites, 155 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km75 places
- The Island Island 16 kmNE
- Howden Dyke Island Island 21 kmSE
- Beal Island Island 13 kmS
- Bank Island Island 14 kmNE
25–60 km443 places
- The Island Island 57 kmNW
- Read's Island Island 42 kmSE
- Whitton Island Island 33 kmSE
- The Island Island 37 kmNW
60–100 km989 places
- Great Britain Island 60 kmW
- Seaton Carew Beach Beach 92 kmN
- Redcar Beach Beach 88 kmN
- Whitby Beach Beach 80 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Ryther Castle Historic site, Ryther cum Ossendyke2.7 km NW
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Nun Appleton Priory Historic site, Appleton Roebuck2.9 km NW
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River Wharfe River, England2.1 km N
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Rest Park Historic site, Sherburn in Elmet5.1 km SW
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Sherburn in Elmet Castle Hill Historic site, Sherburn in Elmet6.1 km SW
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York Minster Attraction, York15 km N -
National Railway Museum Museum, York14 km N -
Bootham Crescent Landmark, Clifton Without16 km N
Nearest towns and villages
Sources & licences
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