Llangiwa Castle
Llangiwa Castle is a castle in Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Llangiwa Castle is situated nearby to St Hilary transmitting station, as well as near the village Aberthin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Llanquian Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Hilary transmitting station and The Bush Inn.
St Hilary transmitting station
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The St Hilary transmitting station is a facility for telecommunications situated close to the village of St Hilary, Glamorgan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, in the United Kingdom. St Hilary transmitting station is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Llangiwa Castle.
The Bush Inn
Pub
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bush Inn is a Grade II listed public house in St Hilary, near Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. The current inn dates to the 16th century. The Bush Inn is situated 3,800 feet south of Llangiwa Castle.
Cowbridge Comprehensive School
School
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Cowbridge Comprehensive School is a secondary school in the town of Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, near Cardiff, Wales. The school has approximately 1,500 pupils, 1,200 of whom are in the secondary years and 300 in the sixth-form years studying for Welsh Baccalaureate, GCSEs and A-Levels. Cowbridge Comprehensive School is situated 1 mile west of Llangiwa Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Hilary and Aberthin.
St Hilary
Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Hilary is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located just south of the A48, about a mile southeast of the market town of Cowbridge. The village has a population of about 260, in approximately 80 houses.
Aberthin
Village
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberthin is a small village, just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, on the north side of a shallow valley, less than a mile northeast of Cowbridge across the A48 road. Cowbridge Comprehensive School lies just to the southwest of the village.
Cowbridge
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, between Cardiff and Bridgend. It is set in the countryside, about 15 minutes' drive from the Glamorgan Heritage Coast.
Llangiwa Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, motte, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Llangiwa Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Llanquian Castle”
- Swedish: “Llanquian Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Llangian”
- Welsh: “Castell Llangiwa”
- Welsh: “Llanquian Castle”
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