Caldicot Castle
Located in Caldicot, Monmouthshire Coordinates: 51°35′35″ N 2°44′32″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 12 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- BRS Bristol Airport24 km
- CWL Cardiff International Airport47 km
About Caldicot Castle
Caldicot Castle is a historic site. Location: Caldicot, Monmouthshire.
Caldicot Castle (Welsh: Castell Cil-y-coed) is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, built near the site of Harold Godwinson's former Saxon castle by the Norman earls of Hereford from about 1100. The castle became a Grade I listed building on 10 June 1953. It was in the possession of Thomas of Woodstock, a son of King Edward III of England, until his death in 1391, when it reverted to the Crown.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Heritage designation
- Grade I listed building, scheduled monument, National Monument of Wales
- Official website
- visitmonmouthshire.com
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Caldicot Castle
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Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Penhow Castle Brassknocker · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Llanfair Discoed Castle Wikimedia Commons · Public domain -
Dinham Castle Jeremy Bolwell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Caldicot Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 11° · Night 5° · Rain 88 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- January (93 mm)
- Driest month
- July (46 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° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 11° | 9° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 4° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 93 | 63 | 71 | 56 | 60 | 62 | 46 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 88 | 92 |
How to get to Caldicot Castle
The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 24 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newport, 18 km to the west.
Airports
- Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 24 kmsouth
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 47 kmsouthwest
- Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 106 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Newport Population: 161.5K 18 kmwest
- Bristol Population: 479K 18 kmsoutheast
- Cardiff Population: 372.1K 33 kmwest
- Bath Population: 101.6K 36 kmsoutheast
- Gloucester Population: 132.4K 46 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Caldicot Castle
Within 100 km: 855 historic and cultural sites, 1,740 natural sites, 132 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km219 places
- Denny Island Island 8 kmS
- Llandegfedd Reservoir Lake 19 kmNW
- Barrow Gurney Reservoir 1 Lake 22 kmS
- Barrow Gurney Tank 2 Lake 22 kmS
25–60 km852 places
- Kilve Beach Beach 56 kmSW
- Steep Holm Island 38 kmSW
- Flat Holm Island 36 kmSW
- Barry Island Island 43 kmSW
60–100 km1,656 places
- Charmouth Beach Beach 96 kmS
- Harnham Water Meadows Island 88 kmSE
- Bathing Island Island 80 kmS
- Fish's Island Island 80 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Deepweir Tump Historic site, Caldicot0.5 km S
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The Berries Historic site, Caldicot1 km N
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Caerwent Motte Historic site, Caerwent2.4 km NW
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Dinham Castle Historic site, Caerwent3.9 km N
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Castle Tump Historic site, Caerwent2.9 km NW
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Llanmelin Wood Lesser Enclosure Historic site, Shirenewton4.9 km NW
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Parkwall Hill Mountain, Mathern2.8 km NE
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Llanfair Discoed Castle Historic site, Caerwent5.7 km NW
Nearest towns and villages
Sources & licences
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