Castle · Haverfordwest · Dyfed

Haverfordwest Castle

Haverfordwest Castle is a grade I listed castle in Haverfordwest. Nearby, Pembroke Castle (14 km) heads a list of 24 within 15 km. It has articles in 7 Wikipedias.

Photo: Haverfordwest Castle, Cered (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Haverfordwest

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 15%

#1,210 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Castle in Haverfordwest

Inside Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest Castle is inside Haverfordwest’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; Haverfordwest has 321 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

Aim for June to September, when Haverfordwest reaches 18–19°C.

Jan9° / 3°120 mm

Feb8° / 3°86 mm

Mar10° / 4°87 mm

Apr13° / 5°71 mm

May16° / 7°81 mm

Jun18° / 10°86 mm

Jul19° / 12°80 mm

Aug19° / 12°103 mm

Sep18° / 10°99 mm

Oct14° / 8°144 mm

Nov11° / 6°161 mm

Dec9° / 3°147 mm

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

About

Haverfordwest Castle

Grade I listed castle in Haverfordwest, United Kingdom.

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

Haverfordwest’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: in Haverfordwest

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

The map

Around Haverfordwest Castle, mapped

The map puts Haverfordwest Castle in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Haverfordwest (12,088 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Haverfordwest

12,088 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km south of it

Merlin's Bridge

2,220 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km northeast of it

Crundale

1,065 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km southeast of it

Hook

886 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Haverfordwest Castle is	People	Places to visit
Haverfordwest	It’s in town	12,088	7
Merlin's Bridge	1.1 km south of it	2,220	4
Crundale	2.4 km northeast of it	1,065	7
Hook	4.3 km southeast of it	886	6
Johnston	4.6 km south of it	1,766	6
Keeston	6.3 km northwest of it	284	1
Rosemarket	7.3 km south of it	626	2
Simpson Cross	7.3 km northwest of it	327	1

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Within 15 km you can add 5 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum.

CastlePembroke Castle14 km away 2

Abbey or priory · CadwPriordy Hwlffordd600 m away 3

CastlePicton Castle6.2 km away 4

Castle · CadwCastell Cas-wis7.3 km away 5

MuseumHaverfordwest Museum100 m away 6

Castle · CadwCastell Llanhuadain12 km away 7

CastleBenton Castle10 km away 8

Theme parkOakwood Theme Park12 km away

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

Haverfordwest Castle in questions

Where is Haverfordwest Castle?

Haverfordwest Castle is in Haverfordwest, Dyfed, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Haverfordwest Castle?

Grade I listed castle in Haverfordwest, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Haverfordwest Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Haverfordwest, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Haverfordwest Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Haverfordwest Castle?

Within 15 km: Pembroke Castle (14 km), Priordy Hwlffordd (600 m), Picton Castle (6.2 km) and Castell Cas-wis (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)

Haverfordwest Castle: Cered, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pembroke Castle: Monkeyrustler at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Priordy Hwlffordd: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Picton Castle: Morris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Cas-wis: Lucy Sheers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Haverfordwest Museum: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Llanhuadain: Liamohara at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Benton Castle: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oakwood Theme Park: WillMcC at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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