Caergwrle Castle
Caergwrle Castle, also known as Queen's Hope in scholarly texts, is a castle located in the village of Caergwrle, in Flintshire, Wales. It was built by the Welsh under Dafydd ap Gruffydd in service to Edward I of England.Photo: Clintheacock66, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: 13th-century castle in Wales
- Also known as: “Castell Caergwrle”, “Hope Castle”, and “Queen’s Hope”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caergwrle railway station and Cefn-y-Bedd railway station.
Caergwrle railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caergwrle railway station serves the village of Caergwrle in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 4¾ miles north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line. Caergwrle railway station is situated 780 feet east of Caergwrle Castle.
Cefn-y-Bedd railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cefn-y-bedd railway station serves the village of Cefn-y-bedd in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 4 miles north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line. Cefn-y-Bedd railway station is situated 3,400 feet south of Caergwrle Castle.
Hope railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hope railway station serves the village of Hope in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 5+1⁄4 miles north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line. The name of the station in Welsh is Yr Hôb. Hope railway station is situated 3,400 feet north of Caergwrle Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caergwrle and Abermorddu.
Caergwrle
Village
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caergwrle is a village in the county of Flintshire, in north east Wales. Approximately 5–6 miles from Wrexham and situated on the A541 road, it is contiguous with the villages of Abermorddu and Hope, though in parts Caergwrle and Hope are separated by a river border.
Abermorddu
Village
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abermorddu is a village in the county of Flintshire, Wales, in the community of Hope. Approximately 5 miles north of Wrexham along the A541 road, it is contiguous with the main village of Caergwrle and closely related to the village of Hope.
Cefn-y-bedd
Village
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cefn-y-bedd is a village in Flintshire, north-east Wales. The name translates into English as "the ridge of the grave", in reference to an old tumulus which a local tale said was the burial place of Gwrle Gawr, the legendary figure after whom Caergwrle was said to be named.
Caergwrle Castle
- Categories: castle, archaeological site, Welsh princes‘ castles, and historic site
- Location: Hope, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.10748° or 53° 6′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.03665° or 3° 2′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C5R4X47+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1035850291OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q3398523
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Caergwrle Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Caergwrle Castle”
- Danish: “Caergwrle Castle”
- German: “Caergwrle Castle”
- German: “Castell Caergwrle”
- Italian: “Caergwrle Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Caergwrle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Caergwrle”
- Swedish: “Caergwrle Castle”
- Turkish: “Caergwrle Kalesi”
- Welsh: “Castell Caergwrle”
- “Castell Caergwrle”
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