Margam Castle
Margam Castle, Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, is a late Georgian country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. Designed by Thomas Hopper, the castle was constructed in a Tudor Revival style over a five-year period, from 1830 to 1835.Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Margan and Margam Country Park.
Margan
Photo: Archangel12, CC BY 2.0.
Margam Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales. The nave of the abbey church is still in use as the church of St Mary in the Church in Wales. Margan is situated 1,100 feet west of Margam Castle.
Margam Country Park
Park
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Margam Country Park is a country park estate in Wales, of around 850 acres. It is situated in Margam, about 2 miles from Port Talbot in south Wales. It was once owned by the Mansel Talbot family and is now owned and administered by the local council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Margam Country Park is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Margam Castle.
Cryke Chapel (Ruin)
Ruins
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cryke Chapel (Ruin) is a ruins, which is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Margam Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margam and Taibach.
Margam
Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Margam is a suburb and community of Port Talbot in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, close to junction 39 of the M4 motorway. The community had a population of 3,017 in 2011; the built up area being larger and extending into Taibach community. Margam is situated 2 miles northwest of Margam Castle.
Taibach
Suburb
Taibach, also spelled as Tai-bach, is a community and suburban district of Port Talbot, Wales. It is a settlement centered on the main A48 road, sandwiched between the river Ffrwdwyllt and Margam. Parts of Margam are within the community boundaries. Taibach is situated 2½ miles northwest of Margam Castle.
Goytre
Suburb
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Goytre is a village near the town of Port Talbot, Wales. The village lies in the valley of the Nant Ffrwdwyllt, between the communities of Taibach, Cwmafan, Bryn and Margam. Goytre is situated 2½ miles northwest of Margam Castle.
Margam Castle
- Type: Building
- Description: country house in Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales
- Categories: country house and castle
- Location: Margam, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.56279° or 51° 33′ 46″ northLongitude
-3.72514° or 3° 43′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C3RH77F+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 199638599OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q12061481
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Margam Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “馬格姆城堡”
- French: “château de Margam”
- French: “Château de Margam”
- German: “Margam Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Margam”
- Japanese: “マルガム城”
- Slovenian: “Grad Margam”
- Turkish: “Margam Kalesi”
- Welsh: “Castell Margam”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary, Margam Abbey and New Pond.
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