Usk Castle
Usk Castle is a castle site in the town of Usk in central Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. It was listed Grade I on 16 February 1953. Within the castle, and incorporating parts of its gatehouse, stands Castle House, a Grade I listed building in its own right.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Nag’s Head PH and Usk Library.
The Nag’s Head PH
Restaurant
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Nag’s Head PH is a restaurant, which is situated 590 feet southeast of Usk Castle.
Usk Library
Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Usk Library is situated 1,300 feet south of Usk Castle.
Priory Church Of St Mary
Church
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Priory Church of St Mary is the parish church of Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales. Its origin was as the church of Usk Priory, a Benedictine nunnery founded by Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke in the twelfth century. Priory Church Of St Mary is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Usk Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llancayo and Llanllowell.
Llancayo
Village
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llancayo is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. It is located two miles north of Usk on the B4598 road to Abergavenny, in the community of Llanarth.
Llanllowell
Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanllowell is a village in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is two miles southeast of Usk, in the community of Llantrisant Fawr. Llanllowell is situated 2 miles southeast of Usk Castle.
Monkswood
Village
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monkswood is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. Monkswood is situated 2 miles northwest of Usk Castle.
Usk Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
- Categories: archaeological site, abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Usk Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Usk Castle”
- Danish: “Usk Castle”
- German: “Usk Castle”
- Swedish: “Usk Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Brynbuga”
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