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Penrice Castle

Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the , . Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Penrice, Swansea, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Penrice Castle (ruins)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church and Oxwich Castle.

Church
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Andrew, Penrice, , Wales dates from the 12th century. A Grade II* listed building, St Andrew's remains an active parish church in the parish of South-West Gower, in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Penrice Castle.

Castle
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking on the , Wales. Although it may occupy the site of an earlier fortification, it is a castle in name only as it is a grand Tudor fortified manor house built in courtyard style. is situated 1¼ miles south of Penrice Castle.

Church
Photo: Chris Henley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile east of Penrice Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxwich and Penmaen.

Village
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is a village on the , in the city and county of in south . is part of the small community of Penrice which extends from the village of Horton to Bay, and as of 2001 recorded a population of 454 inhabitants.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2 miles east of Penrice Castle.

Village
Photo: Chris Henley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 2 miles north of Penrice Castle.

Penrice Castle

Latitude
51.57528° or 51° 34′ 31″ north
Longitude
-4.17034° or 4° 10′ 13″ west
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
Open location code
9C3QHRGH+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 143837684
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287059
Wiki­data ID
Q7164590
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Penrice Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Penrice gaztelua”
  • Cebuano: “Penrice Castle”
  • Danish: “Penrice Castle”
  • French: “château de Penrice”
  • French: “Château de Penrice”
  • German: “Penrice Castle”
  • Swedish: “Penrice Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Pen-rhys (adfeilion)”
  • Welsh: “Castell Pen-rhys”
  • Welsh: “Penrice Castle”

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Nearby Places

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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 “Penrice Castle”. Photo: Alan Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.