Castle · near St Athan · South Glamorgan

East Orchard Castle

East Orchard Castle is a ruined manor house near St Athan. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument. Top of the 64 other places within 15 km is Fonmon Castle, 1.9 km off.

Photo: East Orchard Castle, Ben Salter from Wales (CC BY 2.0)

Where

500 m

east of St Athan

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Castle near St Athan

Just outside St Athan

East Orchard Castle is 500 m east of St Athan. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; St Athan has 11 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

A month-by-month guide

In St Athan, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 19–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°106 mm

Feb9° / 3°77 mm

Mar11° / 3°68 mm

Apr14° / 5°61 mm

May17° / 7°60 mm

Jun20° / 11°68 mm

Jul21° / 12°83 mm

Aug21° / 12°95 mm

Sep19° / 11°80 mm

Oct15° / 8°114 mm

Nov12° / 6°118 mm

Dec9° / 3°119 mm

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

About

East Orchard Castle

4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

St Athan’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 500 m east of St Athan

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

The map

The area around East Orchard Castle

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; East Orchard Castle is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns that count East Orchard Castle

With 6,776 people, Rhoose is the largest of the 5. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · 500 m west of it

St Athan

1,594 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km northwest of it

Eglwys-Brewis

3,300 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km southeast of it

Rhoose

6,776 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 4.2 km west of it

Boverton

2,740 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where East Orchard Castle is	People	Places to visit
St Athan	500 m west of it	1,594	7
Eglwys-Brewis	1.4 km northwest of it	3,300	8
Rhoose	2.2 km southeast of it	6,776	8
Boverton	4.2 km west of it	2,740	8
Llanmaes	4.7 km west of it	413	10

Make a day of it

Close to East Orchard Castle

Within 15 km you can add 5 castles, a museum and a historic house.

CastleFonmon Castle1.9 km away 2

Castle · CadwOld Beaupre Castle4.4 km away 3

Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre13 km away · 610K visitors a year 4

Castle · CadwSt Quintin's Castle7.3 km away 5

CastleSt Donats Castle9.4 km away 6

CastleBarry Castle7.2 km away 7

Historic houseSaint Fagans Castle13 km away 8

Garden · National TrustDyffryn Gardens8 km away

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

Good to know about East Orchard Castle

Where is East Orchard Castle?

East Orchard Castle is 500 m east of St Athan, South Glamorgan.

What is East Orchard Castle?

Ruined manor house near St Athan.

When is the best time to visit East Orchard Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in St Athan, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is East Orchard Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near East Orchard Castle?

Within 15 km: Fonmon Castle (1.9 km), Old Beaupre Castle (4.4 km), St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre (13 km) and St Quintin's Castle (7.3 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)

East Orchard Castle: Ben Salter from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fonmon Castle: Stewart Black from British Isles, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Beaupre Castle: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Quintin's Castle: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Donats Castle: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Barry Castle: Cath Mudford, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saint Fagans Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dyffryn Gardens: Ben Salter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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