WLS Wales
81 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 is Swansea Castle, 1 km north-east of the city centre; the most famous is Pembroke Castle — #245 of 8,133 worldwide — 67 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Isca Augusta, founded c. 50.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Wales (67), England (14).
6 km south-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.
1 km north-east · Ruin
Swansea Castle is located in the city centre of Swansea, Wales, UK. It was founded by Henry de Beaumont in 1107 as the caput of the lordship of Gower.
17 km east · Palace & château
Margam Castle, Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, is a late Georgian country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot.
11 km south-west · Ruin
Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales.
18 km south-east · Ruin
Kenfig Castle is a ruined castle in Bridgend County Borough in Wales that came to prominence after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Wales in the late…
16 km west · Ruin
Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales.
17 km south-west · Castle
Oxwich Castle is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales.
11 km north-east · Castle
Neath Castle is a Norman castle located in the town centre of Neath, Wales. Its construction was begun by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, the nominal…
10 km north-west · Ruin
Loughor Castle is a ruined, medieval fortification located in the town of Loughor, Wales.
55 km east · Castle · #271 worldwide
Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales.
51 km east · 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…
49 km east · Castle
Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in Wales.
60 km south-east · Castle
Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England.
29 km north · Ruin
Dinefwr Castle is a ruined castle overlooking the River Towy near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
28 km north-west · Castle
Kidwelly Castle is a Norman castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
37 km south-east · 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…
26 km north · 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…
59 km west · Castle
Manorbier Castle is a Norman castle in Manorbier, 5 miles southwest of Tenby, Wales.
39 km north-west · Castle
Laugharne Castle is in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The castle, located on the estuary of the River Tâf, was originally established in 1116.
36 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…
28 km south-east · 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…
+ 17 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
67 km west · Castle · #245 worldwide
Pembroke Castle is a medieval castle in the centre of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in Wales.
88 km east · Ruin
Chepstow Castle at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain.
78 km 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.
88 km 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…
96 km east · Ruin
Goodrich Castle is a Norman medieval castle ruin north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England, controlling a key location between…
69 km 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…
89 km north · Ruin
Aberystwyth Castle is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales.
61 km west · Castle
Carew Castle is a castle in the civil parish of Carew in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
87 km 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.
71 km north-west · Castle
Cardigan Castle is a castle overlooking the River Teifi in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building.
98 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.
83 km east · Castle
Caldicot Castle is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, built near the site of Harold…
+ 31 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q23051.
The Castlemap atlas maps 81 landmarks (33 castles · 3 fortresses · 2 palaces & châteaux · 43 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Swansea, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Swansea Castle, a ruin 1 km north-east of the city centre.
Pembroke Castle, ranked #245 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 67 km west from Swansea.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Isca Augusta, founded c. 50 — 69 km east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Cardiff (55 km) · Bristol (95 km) · Swindon (150 km) · Birmingham (170 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
