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Abergavenny Castle

Abergavenny Castle is a grade I listed building in Abergavenny. Ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Within 15 km there are 23 more places to visit, starting with Raglan Castle (13 km). Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 9 languages.

Photo: Abergavenny Castle, Jeremy Bolwell (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Abergavenny

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 11%

#885 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Castle in Abergavenny

Inside Abergavenny

Abergavenny Castle is inside Abergavenny’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Abergavenny has 241 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The climate through the year

In Abergavenny the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 2°121 mm

Feb8° / 2°91 mm

Mar11° / 3°80 mm

Apr14° / 4°73 mm

May17° / 7°88 mm

Jun19° / 10°68 mm

Jul21° / 12°68 mm

Aug21° / 11°80 mm

Sep18° / 9°78 mm

Oct14° / 7°116 mm

Nov11° / 4°120 mm

Dec8° / 2°128 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Abergavenny, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Abergavenny. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Abergavenny’s full climate →

About

Abergavenny Castle

Grade I listed building in Abergavenny. Ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

In Abergavenny, inside the town’s built-up area.

Abergavenny’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Abergavenny

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Abergavenny Castle at a glance

On this map, Abergavenny Castle is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns around Abergavenny Castle, by distance

By population, Abergavenny leads the 8 with 13,689. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Abergavenny

13,689 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 500 m southwest of it

Llanfoist

2,007 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km west of it

Govilon

1,342 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 4.2 km west of it

Gilwern

2,184 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Abergavenny Castle is	People	Places to visit
Abergavenny	It’s in town	13,689	5
Llanfoist	500 m southwest of it	2,007	3
Govilon	2.2 km west of it	1,342	6
Gilwern	4.2 km west of it	2,184	6
Blaenavon	6.9 km southwest of it	5,637	5
Clydach	7.2 km west of it	325	6
Waunllapria	7.7 km west of it	324	5
Crickhowell	9.3 km northwest of it	2,108	4

Make a day of it

Beyond Abergavenny Castle

Among the 23 within 15 km are 6 castles, a museum and a fort.

Castle · CadwRaglan Castle13 km away 2

MuseumAbergavenny Museum100 m away 3CastleCastle · CadwY Castell Gwyn8.4 km away 4

Castle · CadwCastell y Grysmwnt15 km away 5

CastleCrickhowell Castle9.3 km away 6

FortCrug Hywel10 km away 7

CastleTretower Castle14 km away 8

CastleUsk Castle15 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Abergavenny Castle: what to know

Where is Abergavenny Castle?

Abergavenny Castle is in Abergavenny, Gwent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Abergavenny Castle?

Grade I listed building in Abergavenny. Ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

When is the best time to visit Abergavenny Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Abergavenny, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Abergavenny Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Abergavenny Castle?

Within 15 km: Raglan Castle (13 km), Abergavenny Museum (100 m), Y Castell Gwyn (8.4 km) and Castell y Grysmwnt (15 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Abergavenny Castle: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abergavenny Museum: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell y Grysmwnt: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crickhowell Castle: Niki.L, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crug Hywel: WelshDave, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tretower Castle: Pete Chapman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Usk Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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