Wales
County Borough of Bridgend
Coity Higher

Coity Castle

Coity Castle in , , is a Norman castle built by Sir Payn "the Demon" de Turberville, one of the legendary Twelve Knights of Glamorgan supposed to have conquered Glamorgan under the leadership of Robert FitzHamon, Lord of Gloucester.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Grade I listed castle in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Castell Coety”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Coity Higher and Wildmill railway station.

Church
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed church in , , southern Wales. The church is dated mainly to the 14th century, though significant alterations were added in the 16th century.

Railway station
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving the district of Wildmill, , . It is located on the Maesteg Line from via . is situated 1¼ miles west of Coity Castle.

Movie theater
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a movie theater, which is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Coity Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coity and Coychurch.

Village
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is a village in , south , part of town urban area. is part of the community of and is notable for being home to Castle, one of the best-preserved castles in .

Village
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is a small village that sits between and in , bordering with , where many residents are employed. It is part of the community of .

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , . It is the principal town of the County Borough of and has a population of around 40,000 people.

Coity Castle

Latitude
51.52202° or 51° 31′ 19″ north
Longitude
-3.55324° or 3° 33′ 12″ west
Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)
Open location code
9C3RGCCW+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6341641376
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287092
Wiki­data ID
Q1107288
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Coity Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Castell Coety”
  • Basque: “Coity”
  • Breton: “Castell Coety”
  • Catalan: “Castell Coety”
  • Cebuano: “Coity Castle”
  • Danish: “Coity Castle”
  • Dutch: “Coity Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Coity”
  • French: “château de Coity”
  • French: “Château de Coity”
  • Galician: “Coity Castle”
  • German: “Coity Castle”
  • Indonesian: “Castell Coety”
  • Indonesian: “Coity Castle”
  • Irish: “Castell Coety”
  • Italian: “Castell Coety”
  • Italian: “castello di Coity”
  • Italian: “Castello di Coity”
  • Italian: “Coity Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Coity”
  • Russian: “Замок Койти”
  • Scots: “Castell Coety”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Castell Coety”
  • Swedish: “Coity Castle”
  • Vietnamese: “Coity Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Coety”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Parc Derwen and Litchard.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Precious Petals and Coity Community Center.

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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 “Coity Castle”. Photo: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0.