Newcastle Castle
Newcastle Castle is a medieval castle located on Newcastle Hill, Newcastle, overlooking the town centre of Bridgend in Glamorgan, South Wales. It was originally believed to date from 1106 when a ringwork was created at the site by the Norman baron Robert Fitzhamon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Bridgend, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Castell Newydd”, “Newcastle Bridgend Castle”, and “Newcastle Castle, Bridgend”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Illtyd’s Church and Brewery Field.
Brewery Field
Stadium
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The Brewery Field, currently called The Electric Brewery Field for sponsorship reasons, is an 12,500 capacity sports stadium in Bridgend, Wales. It is the home ground of the rugby union team Bridgend Ravens. Brewery Field is situated 500 feet northeast of Newcastle Castle.
Bridgend railway station
Railway station
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Bridgend railway station is a main line station serving the town of Bridgend, south Wales. It is located approximately halfway between Cardiff Central and Swansea stations, at the point where the Maesteg Line diverges from the South Wales Main Line; it is also the western terminus of the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff. Bridgend railway station is situated 1,900 feet east of Newcastle Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pen-y-fai and Coity.
Pen-y-fai
Village
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Pen-y-fai is a village in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales within the Bridgend electoral ward area and the community of Newcastle Higher. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 2,447.
Coity
Village
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Coity is a village in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales, part of Bridgend town urban area. Coity is part of the community of Coity Higher and is notable for being home to Coity Castle, one of the best-preserved castles in Glamorgan. Coity is situated 1½ miles northeast of Newcastle Castle.
Corntown
Village
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Corntown is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan. It lies along the B4524 road, just outside Bridgend, 21.6 miles west of the centre of Cardiff. It has grown around Corntown Farm. Corntown is situated 2 miles southeast of Newcastle Castle.
Newcastle Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Bridgend, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Newcastle Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Newcastle Bridgend Castle”
- Danish: “Newcastle Castle (Bridgend)”
- Danish: “Newcastle Castle”
- French: “château de Newcastle”
- French: “Château de Newcastle”
- German: “Newcastle”
- Japanese: “ニューカッスル・カッスル”
- Japanese: “ニューカッスル城”
- Japanese: “ニューキャッスル・キャッスル”
- Japanese: “ニューキャッスル城”
- Low German: “Newcastle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Newcastle”
- Russian: “Замок Ньюкасл”
- Swedish: “Newcastle Castle, Bridgend”
- Welsh: “Castell Newydd, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Welsh: “Castellnewydd, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
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