Llawhaden Castle

Llawhaden Castle is a ruined castle in Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 10 miles east of Haverfordwest. A motte-and-bailey castle is thought to have previously occupied the site and the present structure was built by the bishops of the Diocese of St David in the 13th century.

Photo: Liamohara, CC BY 2.5.

Type: Castle
Description: Grade I listed castle in Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Postal code: SA67 8HL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St. Aidan and Blackpool Mill.

Church of St. Aidan

Church

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St. Aidan is situated 750 feet east of Llawhaden Castle.

Blackpool Mill

Photo: Phil Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blackpool Mill is a 19th century flour mill in the community of Martletwy, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It sits to the west of Blackpool Bridge on the southern bank of the Eastern River Cleddau, downstream from Canaston Bridge. Blackpool Mill is situated 2 miles south of Llawhaden Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llawhaden and Robeston Wathen.

Llawhaden

Village

Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llawhaden is a village, parish and community in mid-Pembrokeshire, West Wales, historically in the Hundred of Dungleddy. The community of Llawhaden includes the parish of Robeston Wathen, part of Narberth and the hamlet of Gelli, and had a population of 634 in 2001, increasing to 688 at the 2011 Census.

Robeston Wathen

Village

Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Robeston Wathen is a rural village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 2 miles west of Narberth, on the former Narberth to Haverfordwest turnpike subsequently designated the A40 which bypassed the village in 2011.

Gelli

Hamlet

Photo: Jeremy Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gelli is a small settlement in the community and parish of Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the confluence of the Syfynwy and Cleddau Ddu rivers. It is 3 miles northwest of Narberth and 8 miles east of Haverfordwest.

Llawhaden Castle

Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.82236° or 51° 49′ 21″ north

Longitude

-4.79762° or 4° 47′ 51″ west

Elevation

256 feet (78 metres)

Open location code

9C3QR6C2+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26679879

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

GeoNames ID

6287056

Wikidata ID

Q2637887

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Llawhaden Castle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Llawhaden Castle”
Danish: “Llawhaden Castle”
Dutch: “Llawhaden Castle”
French: “château de Llawhaden”
French: “Château de Llawhaden”
German: “Llawhaden Castle”
Malay: “Istana kota Llawhaden”
Portuguese: “Castelo de Llawhaden”
Swedish: “Llawhaden Castle”
Turkish: “Llawhaden Kalesi”
Welsh: “Castell Llanhuadain”

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