Castle Howard
A grand country house about 24 km north of York, home to the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. It stood in for Brideshead in the 1981 television series Brideshead Revisited and again in the 2008 film.
- Where
- Malton, England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 54.1214, -0.9058
Get the Castle Howard stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Castle Howard. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near Castle Howard
York Minster 21 km
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The Shambles 21 km
A narrow medieval street in York whose timber-framed buildings, some from the 14th century, lean out over the cobbles on jettied upper floors. Once called the Great Flesh Shambles, it was a butchers' street, with 31 butchers' shops as late as 1885 and none today.
National Railway Museum 22 km
Britain's national museum of rail transport, part of the Science Museum Group. Its halls hold Mallard, Duchess of Hamilton, a Stirling Single and a Japanese bullet train, and it was named European Museum of the Year in 2001.
Fountains Abbey 44 km
The ruins of a Cistercian monastery founded in 1132 near Ripon, which grew into one of the wealthiest in England before it was dissolved in 1539. Its roofless church and cloisters now stand within Studley Royal, an 18th-century landscaped garden.
Saltaire 66 km
A Victorian model village built by the mill owner Titus Salt between 1851 and 1871, so his workers could live away from the slums of Bradford. Its great mill, which stopped spinning in 1986, now holds an art gallery and restaurants beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Yorkshire Dales 78 km
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Durham Cathedral 84 km
A great Norman cathedral on a loop of the River Wear, the mother church of the diocese of Durham. It holds the shrines of two Anglo-Saxon saints, Cuthbert and Bede, and together with the castle beside it forms a World Heritage Site.
Angel of the North 99 km
Antony Gormley's steel figure on a hill above Gateshead, finished in 1998 and modelled, like much of his work, on his own body. It stands 20 metres tall with wings 54 metres across, and its weathering steel has turned the colour of rust.
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Questions
Where is Castle Howard?
Castle Howard is in Malton, England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are York Minster (21 km), The Shambles (21 km), National Railway Museum (22 km).
How do I get the Castle Howard stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Castle Howard and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Castle Howard before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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