Caergwrle Castle
Caergwrle Castle, also known as Queen's Hope in scholarly texts, is a castle located in the village of Caergwrle, in Flintshire, Wales. It was built by the Welsh under Dafydd ap Gruffydd in service to Edward I of England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: 13th-century castle in Wales
- Also known as: “Hope Castle” and “Queen’s Hope”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caergwrle railway station and Hope railway station.
Caergwrle railway station
Railway station
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Caergwrle railway station serves the village of Caergwrle in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 4¾ miles north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line. Caergwrle railway station is situated 750 feet east of Caergwrle Castle.
Hope railway station
Railway station
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Hope railway station serves the village of Hope in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 5+1⁄4 miles north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line. The name of the station in Welsh is Yr Hôb. Hope railway station is situated 3,300 feet north of Caergwrle Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caergwrle and Abermorddu.
Caergwrle
Village
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Caergwrle is a village in the county of Flintshire, in north east Wales. Approximately 5–6 miles from Wrexham and situated on the A541 road, it is contiguous with the villages of Abermorddu and Hope, though in parts Caergwrle and Hope are separated by a river border.
Abermorddu
Village
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Abermorddu is a village in the county of Flintshire, Wales, in the community of Hope. Approximately 5 miles north of Wrexham along the A541 road, it is contiguous with the main village of Caergwrle and closely related to the village of Hope.
Cefn-y-bedd
Village
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Cefn-y-bedd is a village in Flintshire, north-east Wales. The name translates into English as "the ridge of the grave", in reference to an old tumulus which a local tale said was the burial place of Gwrle Gawr, the legendary figure after whom Caergwrle was said to be named.
Caergwrle Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, Welsh princes‘ castles, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hope, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Caergwrle Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Caergwrle Castle”
- Danish: “Caergwrle Castle”
- German: “Caergwrle Castle”
- German: “Castell Caergwrle”
- Italian: “Caergwrle Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Caergwrle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Caergwrle”
- Swedish: “Caergwrle Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Caergwrle”
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