Lamphey Bishop’s Palace
Lamphey Bishop's Palace or Lamphey Palace is a ruined medieval building complex in Lamphey, Pembrokeshire. It is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade I Listed building.Photo: Vale Holidays, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Grade I listed building and ruined medieval building complex in Pembrokeshire, Wales
- Also known as: “Bishop’s Palace, Lamphey”, “Lamphey Court”, and “Lamphey Palace”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Freshwater East and Lamphey railway station.
Freshwater East
Photo: Jennyvince, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Freshwater East is a village on the coast of Pembrokeshire in South Wales with an attractive sandy bay. It grew up as a beach resort in the 20th century, and later its surroundings became open access land with dunes, woodland and wetlands.
Lamphey railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tudor Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamphey railway station is on the Pembroke Dock branch of the West Wales Line, managed by Transport for Wales Rail. Trains, stopping on request, run westwards to Pembroke Dock and eastwards to Tenby, Whitland, Carmarthen and Swansea, approximately every two hours in each direction. Lamphey railway station is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Lamphey Bishop’s Palace.
Pembroke Castle
Ruins
Photo: Monkeyrustler, Public domain.
Pembroke Castle is a medieval castle in the centre of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in Wales. The castle was the original family seat of the Earldom of Pembroke. Pembroke Castle is situated 2½ miles west of Lamphey Bishop’s Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lamphey and Hodgeston.
Lamphey
Village
Photo: Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamphey is a village, a parish and a community near the south coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, approximately 2 miles east of the town of Pembroke, and 2 miles north of the seaside village of Freshwater East.
Hodgeston
Village
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hodgeston is a small village and parish a mile southeast of Lamphey, south Pembrokeshire, Wales, and is in the community of Lamphey. It is on the A4139 Pembroke Dock to Tenby road. Other surrounding villages are Freshwater East, Jameston and Manorbier Newton.
Manorbier Newton
Hamlet
Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manorbier Newton is a small village in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park within the parish and community of Manorbier. The Pembroke River rises at nearby Hogeston Hill to flow past Lamphey and Pembroke Castle. Manorbier Newton is situated 2 miles east of Lamphey Bishop’s Palace.
Lamphey Bishop’s Palace
- Categories: episcopal palace, palace, tourism, archaeological site, grassland, and historic site
- Location: Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.67202° or 51° 40′ 19″ northLongitude
-4.86717° or 4° 52′ 2″ westOperator
CadwOpen location code
9C3QM4CM+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1031679778OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=historicOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grassOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q17742451
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Welsh—“Lamphey Bishop’s Palace” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “主教宮殿”
- Welsh: “Llys yr Esgob Llandyfái”
- Welsh: “Llys yr Esgob, Llandyfái”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Best Western Lamphey Court Hotel and Spa - Pool and Lamphey C.P. School.
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