Mid Wales
Ceredigion
Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth Castle

Aberystwyth Castle is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in , , . It was built in response to the First Welsh War in the late 13th century, replacing an earlier fortress located a mile to the south.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed castle in Ceredigion, Wales
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Michael’s Church and Aberystwyth War Memorial.

Church
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
St Michael's Church is a in the town of , , . St Michael's is the fourth church to stand on the site. The first dated from the 15th century but was in ruins by the mid-18th century. is situated 390 feet northeast of Aberystwyth Castle.

Memorial
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is situated 390 feet northwest of Aberystwyth Castle.

Church
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is situated 760 feet southeast of Aberystwyth Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penparcau and Waunfawr.

Village
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is a village and electoral ward in , , situated to the south of . The original village was a hamlet, but the building of extensive Art Deco style semi-detached social housing from the 1920s on transformed it.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a village and community in , Wales. It is on the outskirts of next to and Southgate. It forms the eastern part of the continually built-up area of Aberystwyth.

Aberystwyth Castle

Latitude
52.41333° or 52° 24′ 48″ north
Longitude
-4.08952° or 4° 5′ 22″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
9C4QCW76+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 166078169
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6286696
Wiki­data ID
Q319745
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Aberystwyth Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Aberystwyth gaztelua”
  • Breton: “Kastell Aberystwyth”
  • Cebuano: “Aberystwyth Castle”
  • Chinese: “亞伯城堡”
  • Chinese: “阿伯里斯特威斯城堡”
  • Danish: “Aberystwyth Castle”
  • Dutch: “Aberystwyth Castle”
  • French: “château d’Aberystwyth”
  • French: “Château d’Aberystwyth”
  • German: “Aberystwyth Castle”
  • Hungarian: “aberystwythi vár”
  • Hungarian: “Aberystwythi vár”
  • Italian: “castello di Aberystwyth”
  • Italian: “Castello di Aberystwyth”
  • Japanese: “アベリストウィス城”
  • Malay: “Istana kota Aberystwyth”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Aberystwyth”
  • Portuguese: “Aberystwyth Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castell Aberystwyth”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Aberystwyth”
  • Russian: “Замок Аберистуит”
  • Swedish: “Aberystwyth Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Aberystwyth”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Southgate and Clarach.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Glyn-Garth guest house and Aberystwyth Castle Rooms.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aberystwyth Castle”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.