Castle · near Tonna · West Glamorgan

Ivy Tower

You reach Ivy Tower, a castle, by heading 400 m southeast of Tonna. A short trip away is Neath Castle, 2.3 km off, the first of 33 within 15 km.

Where

400 m

southeast of Tonna

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Castle near Tonna

Just outside Tonna

Ivy Tower is 400 m southeast of Tonna. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Choosing a month

Warmest in Tonna are June to September, at 18–20°C.

Jan8° / 3°158 mm

Feb8° / 3°115 mm

Mar10° / 4°115 mm

Apr13° / 5°84 mm

May16° / 8°90 mm

Jun19° / 11°103 mm

Jul20° / 12°131 mm

Aug20° / 12°138 mm

Sep18° / 11°122 mm

Oct15° / 8°170 mm

Nov11° / 5°166 mm

Dec9° / 3°177 mm

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

About

Ivy Tower

Type: Castle
Town: 400 m southeast of Tonna

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

The map

Locating Ivy Tower

The places near Ivy Tower are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Home to 40,738 people, Neath is the largest of these 6. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 400 m northwest of it

Tonna

2,665 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 1 km west of it

Neath

40,738 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km northwest of it

Cilfrew

2,178 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Pontrhydyfen

823 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Ivy Tower is	People	Places to visit
Tonna	400 m northwest of it	2,665	8
Neath	1 km west of it	40,738	14
Cilfrew	1.1 km northwest of it	2,178	8
Pontrhydyfen	2.9 km southeast of it	823	7
Baglan	4.3 km southwest of it	10,516	9
Cwmavon	5 km south of it	4,524	4

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Also close at hand are 3 castles, 2 abbeys or priories and a cathedral, among 33 within 15 km.

CastleNeath Castle2.3 km away 2

Abbey or priory · CadwNeath Abbey4 km away 3

CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral13 km away 4

Castle · CadwSwansea Castle13 km away 5GardenGardenGnoll Estate Country Park1.4 km away 6

Abbey or prioryMargam Abbey12 km away 7

CastleMargam Castle12 km away 8

MuseumCefn Coed Colliery Museum4.9 km away

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

Good to know about Ivy Tower

Where is Ivy Tower?

Ivy Tower is 400 m southeast of Tonna, West Glamorgan.

What is Ivy Tower?

Castle.

When is the best time to visit Ivy Tower?

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

What else is there to see near Ivy Tower?

Within 15 km: Neath Castle (2.3 km), Neath Abbey (4 km), St Joseph's Cathedral (13 km) and Swansea Castle (13 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 (7)

Neath Castle: Darren Wyn Rees at Aberdare Blog, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Neath Abbey: Gareth Lovering Photography from Swansea, Wales UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Joseph's Cathedral: Saint_Josephs_Cathedral_swansea.JPG: Wiccasha derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Swansea Castle: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Margam Abbey: Archangel12, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Margam Castle: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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