Castle · Neath · West Glamorgan

Neath Castle

Neath Castle is a castle in Neath. Officially, it is a scheduled monument. Our list has 34 more places within 15 km; first among them is Neath Abbey, at 1.6 km.

Photo: Neath Castle, Darren Wyn Rees at Aberdare Blog (CC BY 3.0)

Where

In Neath

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 11%

#885 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Castle in Neath

Inside Neath

Neath Castle is inside Neath’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Neath has 94 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

Weather by the month

Expect highs of 18–20°C in Neath from June to September.

Jan8° / 3°149 mm

Feb8° / 3°115 mm

Mar10° / 4°110 mm

Apr13° / 5°84 mm

May16° / 8°89 mm

Jun19° / 11°98 mm

Jul20° / 13°123 mm

Aug20° / 13°131 mm

Sep18° / 11°120 mm

Oct14° / 8°167 mm

Nov11° / 5°167 mm

Dec9° / 3°174 mm

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

About

Neath Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 9 languages.

Neath’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Neath

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

The map

Where it sits

Find Neath Castle in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Staying near Neath Castle

Swansea, with 170,090 people, is the largest of the 8. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Neath

40,738 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 900 m northeast of it

Tonna

2,665 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km northeast of it

Cilfrew

2,178 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km south of it

Baglan

10,516 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Neath Castle is	People	Places to visit
Neath	It’s in town	40,738	14
Tonna	900 m northeast of it	2,665	8
Cilfrew	2.1 km northeast of it	2,178	8
Baglan	2.6 km south of it	10,516	9
Pontrhydyfen	3.8 km southeast of it	823	7
Swansea	4.1 km west of it	170,090	33
Llandarcy	4.3 km southwest of it	117	6
Port Talbot	4.8 km south of it	31,557	11

Make a day of it

After Neath Castle

A visit can add 2 abbeys or priories, 2 castles and 2 museums, from 34 places within 15 km.

Abbey or priory · CadwNeath Abbey1.6 km away 2

CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral10 km away 3

Castle · CadwSwansea Castle11 km away 4GardenGardenGnoll Estate Country Park1.2 km away 5

Abbey or prioryMargam Abbey12 km away 6

CastleMargam Castle13 km away 7

MuseumNational Waterfront Museum11 km away 8

MuseumCefn Coed Colliery Museum6.2 km away

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

Neath Castle: common questions

Where is Neath Castle?

Neath Castle is in Neath, West Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Neath Castle?

Castle in Neath, Wales, UK.

When is the best time to visit Neath Castle?

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

Is Neath Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Neath Castle?

Within 15 km: Neath Abbey (1.6 km), St Joseph's Cathedral (10 km), Swansea Castle (11 km) and Gnoll Estate Country Park (1.2 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)

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
National Waterfront Museum: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.