Castle · Pembroke Dock · Dyfed

Defensible Barracks

Defensible Barracks is a scheduled monument. Inside Pembroke Dock’s built-up area is where it stands. Add Pembroke Castle, 2.6 km away, to a visit; it leads 30 places within 15 km.

Photo: Defensible Barracks, Gordon Hatton (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Pembroke Dock

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 34%

#2,866 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Castle in Pembroke Dock

Inside Pembroke Dock

Defensible Barracks is inside Pembroke Dock’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Pembroke Dock has 106 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

Warm weather in Pembroke Dock runs June to September, with highs of 18–20°C.

Jan8° / 4°120 mm

Feb8° / 3°85 mm

Mar10° / 4°82 mm

Apr13° / 6°70 mm

May15° / 8°67 mm

Jun18° / 11°75 mm

Jul20° / 12°80 mm

Aug19° / 12°98 mm

Sep18° / 11°89 mm

Oct14° / 9°134 mm

Nov11° / 6°151 mm

Dec9° / 4°143 mm

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

About

Defensible Barracks

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages.

Pembroke Dock’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Pembroke Dock

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

The map

The area around Defensible Barracks

The numbers show what else is near Defensible Barracks, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that count Defensible Barracks

Largest of the 7 is Milford Haven, home to 14,251. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Pembroke Dock

9,659 people · 9 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km southeast of it

Pembroke

7,963 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km north of it

Neyland

3,250 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 2.2 km south of it

Hundleton

459 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Defensible Barracks is	People	Places to visit
Pembroke Dock	It’s in town	9,659	9
Pembroke	1.5 km southeast of it	7,963	9
Neyland	1.7 km north of it	3,250	7
Hundleton	2.2 km south of it	459	4
Waterston	2.2 km northwest of it	274	6
Cosheston	3.7 km east of it	828	11
Milford Haven	4 km northwest of it	14,251	9

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

A visit can add 6 castles, a fort and a historic house, from 30 places within 15 km.

CastlePembroke Castle2.6 km away 2

CastleCarew Castle8.5 km away 3

CastleBenton Castle5.9 km away 4

CastleManorbier Castle12 km away 5

CastlePicton Castle11 km away 6

FortStack Rock Fort9.8 km away 7

Historic house · CadwLamphey Bishop's Palace6.1 km away 8

CastleHaverfordwest Castle13 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Defensible Barracks?

Defensible Barracks is in Pembroke Dock, Dyfed, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Defensible Barracks?

Scheduled monument in Wales.

When is the best time to visit Defensible Barracks?

June to September are the warmest months in Pembroke Dock, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Defensible Barracks a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Defensible Barracks?

Within 15 km: Pembroke Castle (2.6 km), Carew Castle (8.5 km), Benton Castle (5.9 km) and Manorbier Castle (12 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 (9)

Defensible Barracks: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pembroke Castle: Monkeyrustler at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Carew Castle: Karen Sawyer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Benton Castle: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manorbier Castle: Tony Grant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Picton Castle: Morris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Stack Rock Fort: David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lamphey Bishop's Palace: Vale Holidays, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Haverfordwest Castle: Cered, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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