North Wales
Gwynedd
Criccieth

Criccieth Castle

Criccieth Castle is a ruined thirteenth-century castle in , , Wales. It is located on a rocky headland overlooking and consists of an inner ward almost surrounded by an outer ward.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Criccieth, North Wales
  • Address: Criccieth
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Criccieth railway station and Criccieth Library.

Railway station
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the seaside town of on the in , . is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Criccieth Castle.

Library
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Criccieth Castle.

Church
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2,000 feet north of Criccieth Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morfa Bychan and Golan.

Village
Photo: Peter Gordois, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village located in , , with a population of over 500, with an almost equal number of people born in England or Wales. is situated 2½ miles east of Criccieth Castle.

Hamlet
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ miles northeast of Criccieth Castle.

Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ miles northeast of Criccieth Castle.

Criccieth Castle

Latitude
52.91609° or 52° 54′ 58″ north
Longitude
-4.23256° or 4° 13′ 57″ west
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
9C4QWQ88+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 56072358
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6286854
Wiki­data ID
Q1139896
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Criccieth Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة كريكيث”
  • Basque: “Criccieth gaztelua”
  • Breton: “Kastell Cricieth”
  • Cebuano: “Criccieth Castle”
  • Danish: “Criccieth Castle”
  • Dutch: “Criccieth Castle”
  • French: “château de Criccieth”
  • French: “Château de Criccieth”
  • German: “Criccieth Castle”
  • Italian: “Castell Cricieth”
  • Italian: “castello di Criccieth”
  • Italian: “Castello di Criccieth”
  • Italian: “Criccieth Castle”
  • Japanese: “クリクキエス城”
  • Polish: “Criccieth”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Criccieth”
  • Portuguese: “Castell Cricieth”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Criccieth”
  • Portuguese: “Criccieth Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Криккиет”
  • Swedish: “Criccieth Castle”
  • Uzbek: “Criccieth qalʼasi”
  • Welsh: “Castell Cricieth”

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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 “Criccieth Castle”. Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.