Erddig Motte and Bailey Castle

Erddig Motte and Bailey Castle is a castle in Marchwiel, Wrexham, Wales. Erddig Motte and Bailey Castle is situated nearby to Erddig Park, as well as near the museum Erddig Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Erddig Park and Erddig Hall.

Erddig Park

Park

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Erddig Park is situated 610 feet southeast of Erddig Motte and Bailey Castle.

Erddig is a country house and estate in the community of Marchwiel, approximately 2 miles south of Wrexham, Wales. It is centred on a country house which dates principally from between 1684 and 1687, when the central block was built by Joshua Edisbury, and the 1720s, when the flanking wings were added by its second owner, John Meller. Erddig Hall is situated 1,400 feet south of Erddig Motte and Bailey Castle.

Wrexham Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wrexham Cemetery is a Victorian garden cemetery in Wrexham, North Wales, which served as the main burial site for the city. It opened in 1876, to the park-like designs of Yeaman Strachan, while its grade II listed chapels and lodge were designed by William Turner. Wrexham Cemetery is situated 3,000 feet north of Erddig Motte and Bailey Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Offa and Bryn Offa.

Offa

Suburb

Offa is a community and electoral ward in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, covering most of the south-western portion of the city of Wrexham. It is bordered by the communities of; Rhosddu, and Caia Park to the north, Abenbury to the east, Esclusham, and Marchwiel to the south, and Broughton, Coedpoeth, and Gwersyllt to the west.

Bryn Offa

Neighborhood

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bryn Offa is a local-authority housing estate in the south-western suburbs of the city of Wrexham, in Wrexham County Borough, north-east Wales in the community of Offa, and is close to the Wrexham Maelor Hospital.

Rhostyllen

Village

Photo: Paul Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhostyllen is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south-west of the city of Wrexham. At the time of the 2001 census, area Wrexham 014A, which includes Rhostyllen itself, had a population of 1,383 in 599 households.

Erddig Motte and Bailey Castle

Type: Castle
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Marchwiel, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.0309° or 53° 1′ 51″ north

Longitude

-3.00468° or 3° 0′ 17″ west

Elevation

299 feet (91 metres)

Open location code

9C5R2XJW+94

GeoNames ID

6286829

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