South Wales
Carmarthenshire
Llansteffan

Llansteffan Castle

Llansteffan Castle is a privately owned castle in , , , overlooking the River Tywi estuary in .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed building and site of ancient hillfort in Carmarthenshire
  • Also known as: “Castell Llansteffan” and “Llanstephan Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Ystyffan’s Church and Ferryside railway station.

Church
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1,900 feet north of Llansteffan Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the seaside village of , , Wales. The station was opened by the South Wales Railway on 11 October 1852 and is now an unstaffed stop. is situated 1 mile east of Llansteffan Castle.

Pub
Photo: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a pub, which is situated 2,200 feet north of Llansteffan Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferryside and Llanybri.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the community of St Ishmael, , Wales. It is 8.5 miles south of near the mouth of the River Tywi. Originally a ferry crossing, then becoming a fishing village, it has developed as a holiday and retirement area.

Village
Photo: Peter Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a rural farming village situated between the estuaries of the River Tywi and in , . It is one of two villages with their own churches in the community of . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Llansteffan Castle.

Hamlet
Photo: RexRowan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village of farmsteads and cottages in , Wales. It includes a cluster of 19th century stone-built houses around the church, and is surrounded by farmsteads and modern residential development. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Llansteffan Castle.

Llansteffan Castle

Latitude
51.7656° or 51° 45′ 56″ north
Longitude
-4.39045° or 4° 23′ 26″ west
Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)
Open location code
9C3QQJ85+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32875828
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287067
Wiki­data ID
Q1936320
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Llansteffan Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Llansteffan Castle”
  • Chinese: “蘭斯蒂芬城堡”
  • Danish: “Llansteffan Castle”
  • Dutch: “Llansteffan Castle”
  • French: “château de Llansteffan”
  • French: “Château de Llansteffan”
  • German: “Llansteffan Castle”
  • Italian: “Castell Llansteffan”
  • Italian: “castello di Llansteffan”
  • Italian: “Castello di Llansteffan”
  • Italian: “Llansteffan Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Llansteffan”
  • Russian: “Замок Лланстефан”
  • Russian: “Лланстефан”
  • Swedish: “Llansteffan Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Llansteffan”
  • Welsh: “Llansteffan 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 “Llansteffan Castle”. Photo: Emperorzurg123, CC BY-SA 4.0.