Oxwich Castle
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.
- Castle
- …lies at an elevation of 217 feet (66 metres)
- …is also known as “Castell Oxwich”
- Description: Grade I listed fortified manor house in Penrice, Swansea, Wales
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Church of St Illtyd, Penrice and Penrice Castle.
Church of St Illtyd, Penrice
The Church of St Illtyd is a Grade II* listed building…
2,200 feet east of Oxwich Castle
Penrice Castle
Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales.
1¼ miles north of Oxwich Castle
St Andrew’s Church
The Church of St Andrew, Penrice, Swansea, Wales dates from the 12th century.
1 mile north of Oxwich Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxwich and Penrice.
Oxwich
Oxwich is a village on the Gower Peninsula, in the city and county of Swansea in south Wales.
Port Eynon
Port Eynon is a village and community within the City…
2 miles west of Oxwich Castle
Oxwich Castle
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Latitude
51.55548° or 51° 33′ 20″ north
Longitude
-4.1683° or 4° 10′ 6″ west
Open location code
9C3QHR4J+5M
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Oxwich Castle” goes by many names.
Oxwich gazteluaBasque
Oxwich CastleCebuano
Oxwich CastleDanish
Castello di OxwichItalian
Oxwich CastleItalian
Oxwich CastleNorwegian
Oxwich CastleNorwegian Bokmål
Oxwich CastleSwedish
Oxwich KalesiTurkish
Castell OxwichWelsh
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Nearby Places
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