Clifford Castle
Clifford Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Clifford which lies 2.5 miles to the north-east of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: building in Herefordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Clifford Castle and Barbican”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Hay Castle.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Clifford Castle.
Hay Castle
Castle
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hay Castle is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. 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. Hay Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Clifford Castle.
Rhydspence Inn
Pub
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rhydspence Inn is a 14th-century inn situated on the Wales-England border and within the Wye Valley overlooking the Welsh hills and Herefordshire countryside. Rhydspence Inn is situated 1 mile north of Clifford Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifford and Whitney-on-Wye.
Clifford
Village
Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clifford is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and 2.5 miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye. It lies on the south bank of the River Wye, which here forms the border between Wales and England.
Whitney-on-Wye
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitney-on-Wye is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and approximately 1 mile east from the border with Wales. The village is on the A438 road, on the River Wye, and 16 mi west from Hereford. Whitney-on-Wye is situated 2 miles northeast of Clifford Castle.
Clyro
Village
Photo: Mike Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clyro is a village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, with 781 inhabitants as of the 2011 UK Census. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1.5 miles to the south-east. Clyro is situated 2 miles southwest of Clifford Castle.
Clifford Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Clifford, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.10443° or 52° 6′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.10569° or 3° 6′ 21″ westElevation
269 feet (82 metres)Open location code
9C4R4V3V+QPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1041726308OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Clifford Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Clifford Castle”
- Danish: “Clifford Castle”
- German: “Clifford Castle”
- Russian: “Замок Клиффорд”
- Swedish: “Clifford Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Clifford”
- Welsh: “Castell Cliffordd”
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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 “Clifford Castle”. Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.