WLS Wales
80 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest landmark is also the most famous: Cardiff Castle, ranked #271 of 8,133 worldwide, 1 km north-west of the city centre. The oldest dated site in the circle is Isca Augusta, founded c. 50.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Wales (51), England (29).
1 km north-west · Castle · #271 worldwide
Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales.
11 km north · Castle · #364 worldwide
Caerphilly Castle is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as…
8 km north-west · Castle
Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in Wales.
21 km north-east · Ruin
Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which…
18 km north-east · Ruin
Newport Castle is a ruined castle in Newport, Wales. It was built in the 14th century, probably by Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester or his…
6 km west · Palace & château
St Fagans Castle is an Elizabethan mansion in St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales, dating from the late 16th century.
10 km north · Castle
Ruperra Castle or Rhiwperra Castle is a Grade II* Listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, situated in Lower Machen in the county borough of…
8 km north · Ruin
Morgraig Castle is a ruined castle, which lies close to the southern borders of the county borough of Caerphilly, overlooking Cardiff in Wales.
12 km south-west · Ruin
Barry Castle is a small Grade II* listed ruined two-storey gatehouse with the adjacent walls of a hall in the Romilly district of Barry, Vale of…
18 km west · Ruin
Old Beaupre Castle is a ruined medieval fortified manor house located in the community of Llanfair, outside Cowbridge in Wales.
55 km north-east · Castle
Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.
39 km north-east · Ruin
Chepstow Castle at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain.
39 km north-east · Ruin
Raglan Castle is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales.
49 km north-east · Ruin
Monmouth Castle 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…
38 km south-west · Castle
Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England.
59 km north-east · Ruin
Goodrich Castle is a Norman medieval castle ruin north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England, controlling a key location between…
59 km east · Fortress
Little Solsbury Hill is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hillfort, above the village of Batheaston in Somerset, England.
48 km north-east · Castle
Monnow Bridge, in Monmouth, Wales, is the only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge.
26 km west · Castle
St Donat's Castle, St Donats, Wales, is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, about 16 miles to the west of Cardiff, and about 1+1⁄2 miles to…
47 km east · Castle
Thornbury Castle is a Tudor castle in the town of Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, England, erected next to the parish church of St Mary.
30 km west · Ruin
Ogmore Castle is a Grade I listed castle ruin located near the village of Ogmore in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, east of Ogmore-by-Sea, and south of…
58 km west · Castle
Oystermouth Castle is a Norman stone castle in Wales, overlooking Swansea Bay on the east side of the Gower Peninsula in the village of Mumbles.
+ 23 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
99 km north-east · Castle
Sudeley Castle is a Grade I listed castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe,…
95 km south · Castle
Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house in Exminster, Devon, 6 miles south of Exeter and 1⁄4 mile north-east of the village of Kenton, where the…
73 km north-west · Ruin
Dinefwr Castle is a ruined castle overlooking the River Towy near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
68 km south-east · Castle
Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort in the parish of South Cadbury in the English county of Somerset.
83 km west · Castle
Kidwelly Castle is a Norman castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
98 km south-west · Palace & château
Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England.
67 km north-west · Ruin
Carreg Cennen Castle is a castle sited on a high rocky outcrop overlooking the River Cennen, close to the village of Trap, four miles south east of…
65 km east · Castle
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle, is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England.
83 km east · Castle
Devizes Castle was a medieval fortification in the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on a site now occupied by a Victorian-era castle.
91 km south-east · Ruin
Wardour Castle or Old Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St…
94 km west · Castle
Laugharne Castle is in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The castle, located on the estuary of the River Tâf, was originally established in 1116.
88 km north-west · Ruin
Carmarthen Castle is a ruined castle in Carmarthen, West Wales, UK. First built by Walter, Sheriff of Gloucester in the early 1100s, the castle was…
+ 23 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q10690.
The Castlemap atlas maps 80 landmarks (34 castles · 2 fortresses · 4 palaces & châteaux · 40 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Cardiff, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Cardiff Castle, a castle 1 km north-west of the city centre.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Isca Augusta, founded c. 50 — 21 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Bristol (40 km) · Swansea (55 km) · Swindon (97 km) · Oxford (136 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
