Caldicot Castle
Caldicot Castle is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, built near the site of Harold Godwinson's former Saxon castle by the Norman earls of Hereford from about 1100.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed building in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Caldicot Castle (unoccupied parts)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Caldicot Library.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Mrs Blorenge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church, also called St Mary Virgin Church, is a Church in Wales parish church in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales. There is evidence that the church has pre-Norman foundations; however, the earliest part of the building dates from the 14th century. St Mary’s Church is situated 1,200 feet west of Caldicot Castle.
Caldicot Library
Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caldicot Library is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Caldicot Castle.
Castle Inn
Pub
Photo: BigDom, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle Inn is a pub, which is situated 990 feet west of Caldicot Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portskewett and Crick.
Portskewett
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portskewett is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located four miles south west of Chepstow and one mile east of Caldicot, in an archaeologically sensitive part of the Caldicot Levels on the Welsh shore of the Severn Estuary.
Crick
Village
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crick is a small village or hamlet in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. It is located on the A48 road 1 mile north of the town of Caldicot and 1 mile east of Caerwent.
Sudbrook
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sudbrook is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located 4 miles south west of Chepstow and 1 mile east of Caldicot. It lies close to the Second Severn Crossing on the Severn Estuary, and adjoins the village of Portskewett.
Caldicot Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5931° or 51° 35′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.7423° or 2° 44′ 32″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C3VH7V5+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 309063854OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Caldicot Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Caldicot Castle”
- Chinese: “卡爾迪科特城堡”
- Czech: “Caldicot”
- Danish: “Caldicot Castle”
- French: “château de Caldicot”
- French: “Château de Caldicot”
- German: “Caldicot Castle”
- Japanese: “カルディコット城”
- Swedish: “Caldicot Castle”
- Welsh: “Caldicot Castle (unoccupied parts)”
- Welsh: “Castell Cil y Coed”
- Welsh: “Castell Cil-y-coed”
- Welsh: “Castell Cil-Y-Coed”
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