Prestatyn Castle
Prestatyn Castle is a motte and bailey castle in Prestatyn, Wales, built in 1157 on land granted to the Norman lord Robert Banastre by King Henry II of England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prestatyn railway station and Prestatyn Library.
Prestatyn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prestatyn railway station on the North Wales Coast Line serves the town of Prestatyn in North Wales. The station was built on the Chester and Holyhead Railway line and opened on 1 May 1848. Prestatyn railway station is situated 2,900 feet west of Prestatyn Castle.
Prestatyn Library
Library
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prestatyn Library is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Prestatyn Castle.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Prestatyn Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwaenysgor and Meliden.
Gwaenysgor
Village
Gwaenysgor is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. Located near Prestatyn in north Wales, it lies at an elevation of 600 feet, 183 metres. There is one pub, the Eagle and Child.
Meliden
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meliden is a village between Prestatyn and Dyserth in Denbighshire, Wales. It grew up around the locality of lead mines and limestone quarries. The placename "Meliden" has variously been claimed to be derived from that of Bishop Melitus or St. Meliden is situated 1½ miles southwest of Prestatyn Castle.
Gwespyr
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwespyr is a village in Flintshire on the north coast of Wales in the community of Llanasa. Gwespyr had a population of 289 people in the 2001 census. It overlooks Point of Ayr on the west side of the River Dee estuary and its sandy beaches with dunes. Gwespyr is situated 2½ miles east of Prestatyn Castle.
Prestatyn Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: motte and bailey castle in Denbighshire, Wales, UK
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.33858° or 53° 20′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.39462° or 3° 23′ 41″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C5R8JQ4+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5810470595OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Prestatyn Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Prestatyn Castle”
- Danish: “Prestatyn Castle”
- Danish: “Prestatyn Slot”
- Swedish: “Prestatyn Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Prestatyn”
- Welsh: “Prestatyn Castle”
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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 “Prestatyn Castle”. Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.