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Beeston (/ ˈ b iː s t ən /) [citation needed] is a town in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, it is 3 miles south-west of Nottingham. To its north-east is the University of Nottingham's main campus, University Park.
Crowning a rocky crag high above the Cheshire Plain and boasting spectacular views, Beeston is one of the most dramatically sited medieval castles in England. On a clear day, you can see all the way from the Pennines to the Welsh mountains.
Beeston ist der Verwaltungssitz des Boroughs Broxtowe in der englischen Grafschaft Nottinghamshire.
The town of Beeston is located just over three miles from the city of Nottingham and boasts many shops, restaurants, pubs, and places of interest - making it a town that is frequently becoming a destination of choice for visitors to the county.
The town of Beeston is located just over three miles from the city of Nottingham and boasts many shops, restaurants, pubs, and places of interest, making it a town that is frequently becoming a destination of choice for visitors to the county.
Beeston Castle is one of the most dramatic ruins in the English landscape. Built by Ranulf, 6th Earl of Chester, in the 1220s, the castle incorporates the banks and ditches of an Iron Age hillfort. Henry III seized the castle in 1237 and it remained in royal ownership until the 16th century.
Travel through time from the Bronze Age to Beeston's glory days as a medieval fortress to its ultimate decline in the Civil War. What we see today is a picturesque ruin of a once formidable castle as captured by Turner in his 1809 painting.
