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Clitheroe Castle

Lancashire, England


Clitheroe Castle
Clitheroe Castle, further view Clitheroe Castle, further view

Key facts

Operator
Ribble Valley Borough Council / Lancashire County Council museum
Condition
Partial ruin
Access
Staffed, ticketed

Pinpoint

Clitheroe Castle, Clitheroe BB7 1AZ

A Norman keep on a limestone knoll above the town of Clitheroe, free to enter, with a local history museum housed in the grounds and run by the county council. There are no visitor reviews yet logged for this listing, so it's hard to say from visitor experience what a trip here feels like.

Worth the trip

The keep and the view over the Ribble Valley it commands from its outcrop - the obvious reason a castle was built here in the first place.

Before you go

Access to the keep is free; check the council museum's own opening hours before visiting, as no visitor-reported practical advice is available yet for this site.

Free keep; museum in castle grounds

Further reading

The Norman Conquest cover book
The Norman Conquest

Marc Morris

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Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain cover book
Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain

Marc Morris

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