Monmouth Castle
Located in Monmouth, Monmouthshire Coordinates: 51°48′45″ N 2°43′00″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 28 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- BRS Bristol Airport48 km
- CWL Cardiff International Airport63 km
About Monmouth Castle
Monmouth Castle is a historic site. Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire.
Monmouth Castle (Welsh: Castell Trefynwy) is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales. Once an important border castle, and birthplace of Henry V of England, it stood until the English Civil War when it was damaged and changed hands three times before being slighted to prevent it being fortified again.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Built
- c. 1060
- Heritage designation
- Grade I listed building, scheduled monument, National Monument of Wales
- Official website
- cadw.gov.wales
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Monmouth Castle
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Climate of Monmouth Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 11° · Night 5° · Rain 87 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- December (94 mm)
- Driest month
- July (45 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° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 11° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 8° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 93 | 65 | 70 | 59 | 62 | 60 | 45 | 71 | 79 | 80 | 87 | 94 |
How to get to Monmouth Castle
The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 48 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newport, 32 km to the southwest.
Airports
- Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 48 kmsouth
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 63 kmsouthwest
- Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 97 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Newport Population: 161.5K 32 kmsouthwest
- Gloucester Population: 132.4K 33 kmeast
- Bristol Population: 479K 41 kmsouth
- Cheltenham Population: 118.8K 45 kmeast
- Cardiff Population: 372.1K 49 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Monmouth Castle
Within 100 km: 958 historic and cultural sites, 1,928 natural sites, 135 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km267 places
- Llandegfedd Reservoir Lake 22 kmSW
- Hobbs Mountain 20 kmE
- Sugar Loaf Mountain 24 kmW
- May Hill Mountain 21 kmNE
25–60 km979 places
- Steep Holm Island 59 kmSW
- Flat Holm Island 56 kmSW
- Sully Island Island 57 kmSW
- Alney Island Island 32 kmE
60–100 km1,775 places
- Kilve Beach Beach 78 kmSW
- Barry Island Island 61 kmSW
- Fiddler's Island Island 100 kmE
- Glover's Island Island 61 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Dixton Motte Historic site, Monmouth1.4 km NE
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St Dial's Hill Mountain, Monmouth1.4 km SW
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Rockfield Castle Historic site, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel2.7 km NW
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Kymin Mountain, Monmouth2.1 km E
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Rockfield Hill Mountain, Monmouth2.6 km NW
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Long Hill Mountain, Monmouth2.8 km W
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Grist Castle Wood Mountain, Monmouth2.8 km N
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Buckholt Hill Mountain, Monmouth3 km N
Nearest towns and villages
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Monmouth Town, Monmouth0.2 km E
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Chippenham Neighbourhood, Monmouth0.4 km S
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Over Monnow Neighbourhood, Monmouth0.8 km SW
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Wyesham Village, Monmouth1 km E
Sources & licences
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