Castle · Cardiff · South Glamorgan

Bishop's Palace

Bishop's Palace is a ruined palace. Look for it within Cardiff’s built-up area. It is on the official list as a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Bishop's Palace, Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Cardiff

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Castle in Cardiff

Inside Cardiff

Bishop's Palace is inside Cardiff’s built-up area, with 61 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Cardiff has 699 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

How the seasons run

The warmest afternoons in Cardiff run May to September, at 17–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°127 mm

Feb9° / 3°93 mm

Mar11° / 4°83 mm

Apr14° / 6°70 mm

May17° / 8°75 mm

Jun20° / 11°74 mm

Jul21° / 13°85 mm

Aug21° / 13°99 mm

Sep19° / 11°84 mm

Oct15° / 8°126 mm

Nov11° / 5°129 mm

Dec9° / 3°137 mm

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

About

Bishop's Palace

4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Close by, Llandaff Cathedral is 100 m away, one of 89 within 15 km.

Cardiff’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Cardiff

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

The map

Where it sits

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Bishop's Palace is the orange one.

Towns near it

The towns around Bishop's Palace

By population, Cardiff leads the 4 with 348,511. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Cardiff

348,511 people · 76 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km west of it

St Fagans

291 people · 52 places to visit

3 · 4 km northwest of it

Tongwynlais

1,846 people · 51 places to visit

4 · 4.2 km south of it

Penarth

28,391 people · 24 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Bishop's Palace is	People	Places to visit
Cardiff	It’s in town	348,511	76
St Fagans	3.3 km west of it	291	52
Tongwynlais	4 km northwest of it	1,846	51
Penarth	4.2 km south of it	28,391	24

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Around it, within 15 km, lie 89 more, including 3 castles, 2 cathedrals and 2 museums.

CathedralLlandaff Cathedral100 m away 2

MuseumNational Museum Cardiff2.9 km away · 373K visitors a year 3

CastleCardiff Castle2.9 km away 4

Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre3.9 km away · 610K visitors a year 5

CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral3.4 km away 6CastleCastle · CadwCaerphilly Castle9.1 km away 7

Castle · CadwCastell Coch5.2 km away 8

Historic houseSaint Fagans Castle3.7 km away

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

Bishop's Palace: common questions

Where is Bishop's Palace?

Bishop's Palace is in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bishop's Palace?

Ruined palace in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.

When is the best time to visit Bishop's Palace?

May to September are the warmest months in Cardiff, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Bishop's Palace a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Bishop's Palace?

Within 15 km: Llandaff Cathedral (100 m), National Museum Cardiff (2.9 km), Cardiff Castle (2.9 km) and St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre (3.9 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)

Bishop's Palace: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Llandaff Cathedral: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Coch: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint Fagans Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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