Hay Castle
Hay Castle is a castle and Jacobean mansion in Hay-on-Wye, Powys. It is a scheduled monument. Close by, Clifford Castle is 3.7 km away, one of 13 within 15 km.
Castle in Hay-on-Wye
Inside Hay-on-Wye
Hay Castle is inside Hay-on-Wye’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; Hay-on-Wye has 152 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather by the month
June to September are the warmest in Hay-on-Wye, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C.
Hay Castle
8 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 8 languages
- Town
- in Hay-on-Wye
- Official site
- haycastletrust.org
Getting your bearings
Orange shows Hay Castle; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Hay-on-Wye’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
Hay-on-Wye tops the 8 for size, at 2,065 people. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
Hay-on-Wye
Clyro
Llanigon
Three Cocks
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Hay Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hay-on-Wye | It’s in town | 2,065 | 3 |
| Clyro | 1.8 km northwest of it | 753 | 3 |
| Llanigon | 2.5 km southwest of it | 266 | 3 |
| Three Cocks | 7.8 km southwest of it | 310 | 4 |
| Dorstone | 8.4 km east of it | 385 | 2 |
| Eardisley | 11 km northeast of it | 565 | 3 |
| Bronllys | 11 km southwest of it | 548 | 4 |
| Talgarth | 11 km southwest of it | 1,252 | 4 |
Also within reach
A visit can add 7 castles and a historic house, from 13 places within 15 km.
CastleClifford Castle3.7 km away2
Castle · CadwBronllys Castle11 km away3
CastleUrishay Castle11 km away4
CastleHuntington Castle12 km away5
CastleKinnersley Castle14 km away6
CastleCastell Dinas13 km away7
Historic houseLlangoed Hall11 km away8CastleCastleLlowes Castle Tump4.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Hay Castle in questions
Where is Hay Castle?
Hay Castle is in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Hay Castle?
Castle and Jacobean mansion in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, UK.
When is the best time to visit Hay Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Hay-on-Wye, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Hay Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Hay Castle?
Within 15 km: Clifford Castle (3.7 km), Bronllys Castle (11 km), Urishay Castle (11 km) and Huntington 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 (8)
- Hay Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bronllys Castle: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Urishay Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Huntington Castle: Lucy Sheers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kinnersley Castle: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Dinas: Jasper Fforde, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llangoed Hall: Chris Eason, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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