Denbigh Castle and town walls
Denbigh Castle and town walls were built to control the lordship of Denbigh after the Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England in 1282. The lands were granted to Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, who began to build a new walled town, colonised by immigrants from England, protected by a substantial castle and surrounded by deer parks for hunting.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed building in Denbighshire. Castle in Denbigh
- Also known as: “Denbigh Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester’s Church and St. Hilary’s Chapel.
Leicester’s Church
Ruins
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Leicester's Church, originally known as St David's Church, Denbigh, is a large ruined church near to the hill top castle at Denbigh, North Wales. It was built for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, from 1578, but financial difficulties meant work stopped in 1584. Leicester’s Church is situated 710 feet northeast of Denbigh Castle and town walls.
St. Hilary’s Chapel
Building
Photo: Richard Ash, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Hilary's Chapel is a former church in Denbigh, Denbighshire, north Wales, of which only the tower remains. The town's garrison church, it lay to the north Denbigh Castle. St. Hilary’s Chapel is situated 480 feet northeast of Denbigh Castle and town walls.
Denbigh Library and Gallery
Library
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denbigh Library and Gallery is situated 1,200 feet north of Denbigh Castle and town walls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prion and Henllan.
Prion
Village
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prion is a village in the Vale of Clwyd, and is located in the community of Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch in Denbighshire, Wales, about two miles south of the town of Denbigh and on the northern border of the Denbigh Moors. Prion is situated 2 miles south of Denbigh Castle and town walls.
Henllan
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Henllan is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales, approximately 2.25 miles north-west of Denbigh. The name is derived from Old Welsh, Hên-llan, meaning "old church-enclosure". Henllan is situated 2 miles northwest of Denbigh Castle and town walls.
Groes
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Groes is a village, which is situated 3 miles west of Denbigh Castle and town walls.
Denbigh Castle and town walls
- Categories: castle ruin, archaeological site, Welsh princes‘ castles, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Denbigh Castle and town walls” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Kastell Dinbych”
- Cebuano: “Denbigh Castle”
- Chinese: “登比城堡”
- Danish: “Denbigh Castle og bymur”
- Finnish: “Denbigh’n linna”
- Finnish: “Denbighin linna”
- German: “Denbigh Castle”
- Italian: “Castell Dinbych”
- Italian: “Castello di Denbigh”
- Italian: “Denbigh Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castell Dinbych”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Denbigh”
- Portuguese: “Denbigh Castle”
- Russian: “Денби”
- Russian: “Замок Денби”
- Spanish: “Castillo de denbigh”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Denbigh”
- Swedish: “Denbigh Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Dinbych”
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