Grosmont Castle
Grosmont Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales. The fortification was established by the Normans in the wake of the invasion of England in 1066, to protect the route from Wales to Hereford.Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Grosmont Castle Ruins”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kentchurch Court and Church of St Mary.
Kentchurch Court
Manor estate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kentchurch Court is a Grade I listed stately home 1,200 yards east from the village of Kentchurch in Herefordshire, England. Kentchurch Court is situated 1 mile northeast of Grosmont Castle.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 3,200 feet north of Grosmont Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kentchurch and Grosmont.
Kentchurch
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kentchurch is a small village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located some 13 miles south-west of Hereford and 13 miles north-east of Abergavenny, beside the River Monnow and adjoining the boundary between England and Wales.
Grosmont
Village
Photo: Sapamm, Public domain.
Grosmont is a village and community near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. The population taken at the 2021 census was 869. The wider community includes the villages of Llangattock Lingoed, Llangua and Llanvetherine.
Llangua
Hamlet
Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangua is a small village in Grosmont community, Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. Saint Ciwa is said to have built a church there in the 7th century. Llangua is situated 1½ miles west of Grosmont Castle.
Grosmont Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Kentchurch, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Grosmont Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grosmont Castle”
- Chinese: “格羅斯蒙特城堡”
- Chinese: “葛洛斯蒙城堡”
- Danish: “Grosmont Castle”
- Dutch: “Grosmont Castle”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo Grosmont”
- French: “château de Grosmont”
- French: “Château de Grosmont”
- German: “Grosmont Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Grosmont”
- Japanese: “グロスモント城”
- Russian: “Замок Гросмонт”
- Swedish: “Grosmont Castle”
- Turkish: “Grosmont Kalesi Harabeleri”
- Turkish: “Grosmont Kalesi”
- Uzbek: “Grosmont qal’asi”
- Welsh: “Castell Grosmont”
- Welsh: “Castell Grysmwnt”
- Welsh: “Castell y Grysmwnt”
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