Norton Camp
Norton Camp is a castle in Penrice, Swansea, Wales. Norton Camp is situated nearby to Oxwich Castle, as well as near the village Port Eynon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 Port Eynon.
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.
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.
Llanddewi
Village
Photo: David Kitching, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanddewi is a village, which is situated 2½ miles northwest 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″ northLongitude
-4.17823° or 4° 10′ 42″ westElevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
9C3QHR5C+HPGeoNames ID
6285863
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