Llandovery Castle
Located in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire Coordinates: 51°59′34″ N 3°47′46″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 67 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- CWL Cardiff International Airport73 km
- BRS Bristol Airport101 km
About Llandovery Castle
Llandovery Castle is a historic site. Location: Llandovery, Carmarthenshire.
Llandovery Castle (Welsh: Castell Llanymddyfri) is a late thirteenth-century, Grade II*-listed, castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It occupies a knoll overlooking the River Towy and the land surrounding it. The Normans built a castle in the current location in the early twelfth century and this was rebuilt in stone. It was burnt in the early sixteenth century and never repaired.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Heritage designation
- Grade II* listed building, scheduled monument, National Monument of Wales
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Llandovery Castle
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Rosser1954 · CC BY 4.0 -
John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Llandovery Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 10° · Night 6° · Rain 182 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 20°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 3°)
- Wettest month
- December (187 mm)
- Driest month
- May (89 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 8° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 14° | 10° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 6° | 4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 182 | 128 | 139 | 98 | 89 | 96 | 93 | 117 | 132 | 161 | 182 | 187 |
How to get to Llandovery Castle
The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 73 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 43 km to the south.
Airports
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 73 kmsoutheast
- Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 101 kmsoutheast
- Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 143 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Swansea Population: 300.4K 43 kmsouth
- Newport Population: 161.5K 71 kmsoutheast
- Cardiff Population: 372.1K 71 kmsoutheast
- Bristol Population: 479K 102 kmsoutheast
- Gloucester Population: 132.4K 108 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Llandovery Castle
Within 100 km: 936 historic and cultural sites, 2,371 natural sites, 172 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km299 places
- Trichrug Mountain 13 kmSW
- Mynydd Llanybyther Mountain 24 kmW
- Mynydd Figyn Mountain 18 kmW
- Fan Gyhirych Mountain 19 kmSE
25–60 km1,322 places
- Tresaith Beach Beach 52 kmW
- Llangrannog's Beach Beach 50 kmW
- Ynys Lochtyn Island 50 kmNW
- Worms Head Island 60 kmSW
60–100 km1,858 places
- Poppit Sands Beach 63 kmW
- Putsborough Beach Beach 99 kmS
- Kilve Beach Beach 97 kmSE
- Manorbier Beach Beach 80 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Cefn-yr-allt Mountain, Llandovery1 km S
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Penlanblaen-nos Mountain, Llandovery2 km W
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Afon Gwydderig River, Wales1.4 km SE
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Glan Mynys Mount Historic site, Llanwrda4 km SW
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Cefnrhyddan Mountain, Myddfai2.1 km S
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Allt Ddu Mountain, Llanwrda2.9 km W
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Allt Ystradwalter Mountain, Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn3.3 km NE
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Penlan Mountain, Cilycwm3.4 km NW
Nearest towns and villages
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Llandovery Village, Llandovery0.1 km N -
Myddfai Municipality, Carmarthenshire3.4 km S
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Llanwrda Village, Llanwrda6.1 km SW
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Siloh Village, Cilycwm3.9 km NW
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources