Mid Wales
Powys
Hay

Hay Castle

Hay Castle is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of in , . Originally constructed as part of the Norman invasion of Wales, the castle was designed as a ringwork overlooking the town in either the late 11th or the early 12th centuries.
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Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: info@haycastletrust.org
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle and Jacobean mansion in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, UK
  • Address: Oxford Road, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5DG

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Hay-on-Wye and Salem Baptist Chapel & attached former School Room.

Church
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC0.
St. Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic in Belmont Road in , , . St. Joseph's is served out of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in . is situated 360 feet northwest of Hay Castle.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 330 feet east of Hay Castle.

Art gallery
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is an art gallery, which is situated 380 feet northeast of Hay Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hay-on-Wye and Cusop.

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is a small town with a population of about 1,900 in , on the River Wye, very close to the border and within the borders of .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England that lies at the foot of Hill next to the town of in Wales. It is a short walk from Hay, the distance between bus stops, and can be reached by walking or driving out of Hay towards , and turning right into Dingle.

Village
Photo: Mike Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community in , , Wales, with 781 inhabitants as of the 2011 UK Census. The nearest town is , some 1.5 miles to the south-east.

Hay Castle

Latitude
52.0739° or 52° 4′ 26″ north
Longitude
-3.12615° or 3° 7′ 34″ west
Elevation
351 feet (107 metres)
Open location code
9C4R3VFF+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 331407045
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287138
Wiki­data ID
Q15114193
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hay Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hay Castle”
  • Danish: “Hay Castle”
  • German: “Hay Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Hay”
  • Italian: “Hay Castle”
  • Swedish: “Hay Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell y Gelli Gandryll”
  • Welsh: “Castell y Gelli”
  • Welsh: “Hay Castle”

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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 “Hay Castle”. Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.