Castle · near Port Talbot · West Glamorgan

Margam Castle

Margam Castle is a country house in Neath Port Talbot County Borough. Its address puts it 1.5 km southeast of Port Talbot. On the official register, it is a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Margam Castle, Robert Davies (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

1.5 km

southeast of Port Talbot

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Castle near Port Talbot

Just outside Port Talbot

Margam Castle is 1.5 km southeast of Port Talbot. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Port Talbot has 32 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

Seasons and weather

Warmest in Port Talbot are May to September, at 17–21°C.

Jan9° / 4°129 mm

Feb10° / 4°93 mm

Mar11° / 5°86 mm

Apr14° / 6°70 mm

May17° / 9°76 mm

Jun20° / 12°80 mm

Jul21° / 14°96 mm

Aug21° / 14°107 mm

Sep19° / 12°96 mm

Oct16° / 9°130 mm

Nov12° / 7°138 mm

Dec10° / 4°139 mm

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

About

Margam Castle

It has articles in 8 Wikipedias. Look also at Margam Abbey, 300 m away, first of 27 more within 15 km.

Port Talbot’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: 1.5 km southeast of Port Talbot
Official site: margamcountrypark.co.uk/1998

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

The map

Map of Margam Castle and nearby

Orange marks Margam Castle, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Port Talbot (31,557 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 1.5 km northwest of it

Port Talbot

31,557 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 2 km southeast of it

Coedhirwaun

1,270 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 3.8 km southeast of it

Pyle

14,075 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 6 km south of it

South Cornelly

398 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Margam Castle is	People	Places to visit
Port Talbot	1.5 km northwest of it	31,557	11
Coedhirwaun	2 km southeast of it	1,270	7
Pyle	3.8 km southeast of it	14,075	9
South Cornelly	6 km south of it	398	5
Bryn	6 km north of it	568	2
Cefn Cribwr	6.2 km southeast of it	1,379	7
Cwmavon	6.5 km north of it	4,524	4
Pont Rhyd-y-cyff	6.8 km northeast of it	1,481	2

Make a day of it

Places to add to Margam Castle

Also close at hand are 6 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum, among 27 within 15 km.

Abbey or prioryMargam Abbey300 m away 2

CastleKenfig Castle3.6 km away 3

Museum · CadwMargam Stones Museum400 m away 4

Castle · CadwY Castell Newydd12 km away 5

Castle · CadwOgmore Castle12 km away 6

Castle · CadwCastell Coety13 km away 7

CastleLlangynwyd Castle5.2 km away 8

CastleCandleston Castle11 km away

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

Good to know about Margam Castle

Where is Margam Castle?

Margam Castle is 1.5 km southeast of Port Talbot, West Glamorgan.

What is Margam Castle?

Country house in Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales.

When is the best time to visit Margam Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Port Talbot, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Margam Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Margam Castle?

Within 15 km: Margam Abbey (300 m), Kenfig Castle (3.6 km), Margam Stones Museum (400 m) and Y Castell Newydd (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)

Margam Castle: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Margam Abbey: Archangel12, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kenfig Castle: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Margam Stones Museum: RobinLeicester, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Y Castell Newydd: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ogmore Castle: Ewan Topping from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Coety: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Llangynwyd Castle: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Candleston Castle: Thruxton, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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