
What is recorded here
Beeston Castle and Woodland Park stands in Cheshire West and Chester, preserving a castle within a living woodland rather than a bare stone ruin. People may have walked these paths for centuries, watching shadows move through the trees or listening for voices carried on the wind. The castle still belongs to the area, inviting visitors to imagine the lives hidden inside its ancient walls.
Beeston Castle and Woodland Park is shown as a castle on the public map of Cheshire West and Chester. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Beeston Castle was built in the early 13th century by the de Montalt family, later held by the powerful Cheshire gentry, and is notable for its strategic position on a sandstone outcrop. It is remembered for its role in the English Civil War, when it was besieged and partially destroyed in 1644.
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Places near here
Sandstone Cave Entrance near Beeston CastleCave or cavern · 75 yd
Beeston CragMountain / peak · 221 yd
Sandstone TrailVisitor information · 223 yd
The Lodge at Beeston CastleListed building · 235 yd
Beeston CastleCastle · 246 yd
Queen Victoria (VR) Post Box (1837-1901), Smithy Cottage, BeestonOld post box · 583 yd
Willis's WoodWood · 1239 yd
Simpson's RoughWood · 1550 yd
Beeston cast iron lockScheduled monument · 1.1 mi
Willow HillMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Tarporley MilestoneMonument or public art · 2.4 mi
Bunbury Staircase LocksHeritage attraction · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0