- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 27 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport67 km
- MAN Manchester Airport104 km
About Gwydir Castle
Gwydir Castle is a historic site. Location: Trefriw, Conwy.
Gwydir Castle (Welsh: Castell Gwydir, pronounced [ˈkastɛɬ ˈɡwɨdir]) is in the Conwy valley, Wales, a mile west of the market town of Llanrwst and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the large village of Trefriw. An example of a fortified manor house dating back to c. 1500, it is located on the edge of the floodplain of the river Conwy, and overlooked from the west by the slopes of Gwydir Forest.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Heritage designation
- Grade I listed building, National Monument of Wales
- Official website
- gwydircastle.co.uk
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Gwydir Castle
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Climate of Gwydir Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 11° · Night 5° · Rain 145 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 20°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (145 mm)
- Driest month
- May (72 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 14° | 11° | 9° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 8° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 128 | 94 | 111 | 80 | 72 | 81 | 81 | 98 | 110 | 130 | 145 | 139 |
How to get to Gwydir Castle
The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), 67 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Birkenhead, 60 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 67 kmeast
- Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 104 kmeast
- Isle of Man Airport (IOM) Castletown, Rushen 119 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Birkenhead Population: 325.3K 60 kmnortheast
- Liverpool Population: 496.8K 63 kmnortheast
- St Helens Population: 183.2K 79 kmnortheast
- Warrington Population: 172.3K 86 kmeast
- Wigan Population: 175.4K 90 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Gwydir Castle
Within 100 km: 462 historic and cultural sites, 1,734 natural sites, 177 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km363 places
- Ynys Dol-lleian Island 25 kmSW
- Ynys Goediog Island 22 kmS
- Y Glyn Island 22 kmW
- Llyn Peris Lake 20 kmW
25–60 km918 places
- Anglesey Island 39 kmNW
- Traeth Lligwy Beach 40 kmNW
- Thurstaston Beach Beach 50 kmNE
- Ynys Tywyn Island 32 kmSW
60–100 km1,092 places
- British Isles Island 97 kmN
- Whistling Sands Beach 70 kmSW
- Traeth Penllech Beach 65 kmSW
- Porth Towyn Beach Beach 61 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Parc Uchaf Gwydyr Mountain, Trefriw1.3 km S
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Grinllwm Mountain, Trefriw2.4 km NW
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Pen y Drum Mountain, Trefriw2.5 km W
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Mynydd Bwlchyrhaearn Mountain, Trefriw2.6 km SW
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Pen Coedmawr Mountain, Betws-y-Coed2.7 km SW
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Mynydd Deulyn Mountain, Trefriw3.7 km W
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Maenan Abbey Historic site, Llanddoged and Maenan4.7 km N
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Pen-y-garth Mountain, Llanddoged and Maenan3.3 km NE
Nearest towns and villages
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Llanrwst Village, Llanrwst0.9 km NE
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Trefriw Village, Trefriw2.6 km NW
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Llanrwst Municipality, Conwy0.7 km E
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Llanrhychwyn Village, Trefriw2 km NW
Sources & licences
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