Norton Camp

Norton Camp is a castle in Penrice, Swansea, Wales. Norton Camp is situated nearby to Oxwich Castle, as well as near the hamlet Penrice.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oxwich Castle and Penrice Castle.

Oxwich Castle

Castle

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Oxwich Castle is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Although it may occupy the site of an earlier fortification, it is a castle in name only as it is a grand Tudor fortified manor house built in courtyard style. Oxwich Castle is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Norton Camp.

Penrice Castle

Castle

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Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s. Penrice Castle is situated 1¼ miles north of Norton Camp.

St Andrew’s Church

Church

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The Church of St Andrew, Penrice, Swansea, Wales dates from the 12th century. A Grade II* listed building, St Andrew's remains an active parish church in the parish of South-West Gower, in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. St Andrew’s Church is situated 4,100 feet north of Norton Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxwich and Penrice.

Oxwich

Village

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Oxwich is a village on the Gower Peninsula, in the city and county of Swansea in south Wales. Oxwich is part of the small community of Penrice which extends from the village of Horton to Oxwich Bay, and as of 2001 recorded a population of 454 inhabitants.

Penrice

Hamlet

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Penrice is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, on the Gower peninsula. It had a population of 451 as of the 2011 UK census and the community includes the villages of Oxwich, Oxwich Green, Slade, Little Reynoldston, Horton as well as Penrice itself.

Port Eynon

Village

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Port Eynon is a village and community within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, on the far south tip of the Gower Peninsula within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Port Eynon is situated 1½ miles southwest of Norton Camp.

Norton Camp

Type: Castle
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Penrice, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.55894° or 51° 33′ 32″ north

Longitude

-4.17823° or 4° 10′ 42″ west

Elevation

253 feet (77 metres)

Open location code

9C3QHR5C+HP

GeoNames ID

6285863

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