Castell y Waun Motte
Castell y Waun Motte is a castle in Chirk, Wrexham, Wales. Castell y Waun Motte is situated nearby to Chirk War Memorial, as well as near the bridge Chirk Aqueduct.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chirk War Memorial and Chirk Aqueduct.
Chirk War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Richard Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chirk War Memorial is a war memorial in the Welsh town of Chirk, now in Wrexham County Borough. The memorial stands on a traffic island at the east end of Station Avenue, at its junction Church Street. Chirk War Memorial is situated 680 feet north of Castell y Waun Motte.
Chirk Aqueduct
Bridge
Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot high and 710-foot long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England–Wales border, spanning the two countries. Chirk Aqueduct is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Castell y Waun Motte.
Chirk railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chirk railway station serves the town of Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line that is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside. Chirk railway station is situated 2,400 feet west of Castell y Waun Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chirk Bank and Weston Rhyn.
Chirk Bank
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chirk Bank is a small village in Shropshire, England. The industrial town of Chirk is to the north, over the border in Wales, with the B5070 road connecting the two settlements via a bridge over the River Ceiriog.
Weston Rhyn
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weston Rhyn is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies between the towns of Chirk, in Wales, and Oswestry, in England. The civil parish, which also includes Bronygarth, Pentre-Newydd and a number of small hamlets, had a total population of 2,668 at the 2001 census, rising to 2,850 at the 2011 Census.
Bronygarth
Village
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bronygarth is a small village in the Ceiriog Valley near Oswestry in Shropshire, England at grid reference SJ268370. The village is on the England–Wales border with some buildings in Wales in the Glyntraian local government community.
Castell y Waun Motte
- Type: Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Chirk, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.93076° or 52° 55′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.05591° or 3° 3′ 21″ westElevation
358 feet (109 metres)Open location code
9C4RWWJV+8JGeoNames ID
6286824
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