Castell Cawr
Castell Cawr is a peak in Abergele, Conwy, Wales and has an elevation of 620 feet. Castell Cawr is situated nearby to the hamlet Twll Llwynog, as well as near the village Rhyd y Foel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 620 feet
- Description: hill (189m) in Conwy County Borough
- Also known as: “Tan-y-Gopa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castell Cawr and Gwrych Castle.
Castell Cawr
Archaeological site
Photo: Mattcymru2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castell Cawr, or Tan-y-Gopa as it is known locally, is a heavily forested hill above the town of Abergele in Conwy county borough, Wales. On it is found the Iron Age hillfort of Castell Cawr, which overlooks the River Clwyd.
Gwrych Castle
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Gwrych Castle is a Grade I listed country house near Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales. On an ancient site, the current building was created by Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh and his descendants over much of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Abergele Golf Club
Golf course
Abergele Golf Club is a golf club located in Abergele, Conwy, Clwyd, Wales. The 18-hole course was formed in 1910 and established itself at its present location in 1968 near Gwrych Castle and is a member of the Community amateur sports club.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyd y Foel and Pensarn.
Rhyd y Foel
Village
Photo: Mattcymru2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rhyd-y-foel is a small village near the coast of north Wales in the area of Rhos in the County Borough of Conwy, Wales. It is named after the old ford over the River Dulas.
Pensarn
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pensarn is a suburb of Abergele, in Conwy County Borough, on the coast of north Wales. The name Pensarn means 'end of the causeway'. The crossing of Morfa Rhuddlan was facilitated by a causeway near the sea at this location.
Llanddulas
Village
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Llanddulas is a village in Conwy county borough, Wales, midway between Old Colwyn and Abergele and next to the North Wales Expressway in the community of Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-foel.
Castell Cawr
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Abergele, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.27663° or 53° 16′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.597° or 3° 35′ 49″ westElevation
620 feet (189 metres)Open location code
9C5R7CG3+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 3511059933OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12615292Wikidata ID
Q106710245
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Castell Cawr” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Castell Cawr”
- Welsh: “Castell Cawr”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Twll Llwynog and Terfyn.
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Highlights include Coed y Gopa and Bryn Gwenallt.
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