Bickleigh Castle

Historic Bickleigh Castle is situated in the Devonshire countryside surrounded by acres of countryside and the River Exe.

Accommodation

Bickleigh Castle offers bed & breakfast all-year-round; it is perfect for a couple's retreat, a business meeting the next day, or for a family adventure.

The Tudor Suite is located in the main castle building and boasts a large and beautifully carved four-poster bed of the late Elizabethan era with a recent, very comfortable, 7ft square mattress. It is located on the first floor up a fine 15th-century staircase.

The remainder of the accommodation is in traditional thatched cottages overlooking the castle’s courtyard.

Breakfast is typically served in The Orangery with breakfasts incorporating wonderful locally sourced ingredients to start your day with a tasty delight.

All guests are offered a complimentary tour of and talk about the castle and its history.

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Local Area

Bickleigh Castle is in a beautiful part of mid-Devon affording good walking and cycle-rides.

The local town of Tiverton has shops, its own castle, horse-drawn canal barge trips, and an excellent museum.

Exeter (nine miles away) is famous for its Medieval cathedral, its historic quay and many other items of interest.

The castle is almost equidistant between the English Channel coast and the Atlantic coast – there are the famous promenades of Dawlish (where the GWR expresses pass), Torbay and Dartmouth and the open spaces of Dartmoor to the south, and the wilds of Exmoor and the beautiful sandy beaches near Barnstaple to the north.

History

In 600 AD, the Saxon Meeting House (now the Chapel) was first built. In 1018 the original ‘Motte & Bailey’ construction was built to defend the Bickleigh community, which included cottages and a Saxon manor house.

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