Abergavenny Castle
Abergavenny Castle is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Balun c. 1087.Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abergavenny Museum and Abergavenny Bus Station.
Abergavenny Museum
Museum
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abergavenny Museum is a museum situated in the grounds of Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, south east Wales. The museum is housed in the square 'keep' on the high point of the castle motte, in the hunting lodge built for the Marquess of Abergavenny in 1819 on the site.
Abergavenny Bus Station
Bus station
Photo: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abergavenny Bus Station is situated 620 feet east of Abergavenny Castle.
Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny
Church
Photo: Acomax, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny is a parish church in the centre of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. St. Mary's has been called "the Westminster Abbey of Wales" because of its large size, and the numerous high-status tomb monuments and medieval effigies surviving within it. Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny is situated 740 feet northeast of Abergavenny Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanfoist and Llanwenarth.
Llanfoist
Village
Llanfoist is a village near Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, Wales, in the community of Llanfoist Fawr. Llanfoist derives from Ffwyst, an early Christian Welsh saint, although the anglicised version of the church patron is Saint Faith.
Llanwenarth
Hamlet
Photo: nantcoly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanwenarth is a small village and parish in the Usk Valley of Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. It is in the community of Llanfoist Fawr and covered by the electoral ward of Llanwenarth Ultra. Llanwenarth is situated 1½ miles west of Abergavenny Castle.
Llanellen
Village
Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanellen is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located three miles south of Abergavenny. The population was 506 in 2011. Llanellen is situated 2 miles south of Abergavenny Castle.
Abergavenny Castle
- Type: Park
- Description: Grade I listed building in Abergavenny. Ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- Categories: castle, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.81973° or 51° 49′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.01735° or 3° 1′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C3RRX9M+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 368980592OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q4667087
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Abergavenny Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Abergavenny Castle”
- Danish: “Abergavenny Castle”
- Finnish: “Abergavennyn linna”
- French: “château d’Abergavenny”
- French: “Château d’Abergavenny”
- German: “Abergavenny Castle”
- Japanese: “アバーガヴェニー城”
- Japanese: “アバーガベニー城”
- Russian: “Замок Абергавенни”
- Swedish: “Abergavenny Castle”
- Turkish: “Abergavenny Kalesi”
- Welsh: “Abergavenny Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell y Fenni”
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