North Wales
Conwy
Abergele

Gwrych Castle

Gwrych Castle is a Grade I listed country house near in , . 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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed building in Conwy County Borough
  • Also known as: “Gwrych Castle Including Attached Walls And Towers And Stable Block.”
  • Address: Llanddulas Road, Abergele, LL22 8ET

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abergele Golf Club and Castell Cawr.

Golf course
is a golf club located in , , , 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. is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Gwrych Castle.

Archaeological site
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, or Tan-y-Gopa as it is known locally, is a heavily forested hill above the town of in Conwy county borough, . On it is found the Iron Age hillfort of , which overlooks the . is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Gwrych Castle.

Peak
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is the highest point of the hill to the west of Gwrych Castle near and . Ownership of the hillside is divided into three categories; an area managed by Welsh National Resources on behalf of the National Assembly of Wales…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhyd y Foel and Llanddulas.

Village
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is a small village near the coast of in the area of Rhos in the County Borough of Conwy, Wales. It is named after the old ford over the River Dulas.

Village
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is a village in Conwy county borough, Wales, midway between and and next to the North Wales Expressway in the community of .

Village
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is a suburb of in , Wales. The name means 'end of the causeway' in English. The crossing of Morfa Rhuddlan was facilitated by a causeway near the sea, located at this point. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Gwrych Castle.

Gwrych Castle

Latitude
53.28328° or 53° 16′ 60″ north
Longitude
-3.60881° or 3° 36′ 32″ west
Operator
Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust
Open location code
9C5R79MR+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 159191864
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q3395336
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Welsh—“Gwrych Castle” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Gwrych Castle”
  • Danish: “Gwrych Slot”
  • Malay: “Mahligai Gwrych”
  • Polish: “Zamek Gwrych”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Gwrych”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Gwrych”
  • Welsh: “Castell Gwrych”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bryn Castell Gwrych and Gwrych Medical Centre.

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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 “Gwrych Castle”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.