Castle · near Llandevaud · Gwent

Pencoed Castle

Pencoed Castle is a historic site. It is 600 m southeast of Llandevaud. The register lists it as a scheduled monument.

Photo: Pencoed Castle, Ben Salter from Wales (CC BY 2.0)

Where

600 m

southeast of Llandevaud

How well known

Top 22%

#1,855 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Castle near Llandevaud

Just outside Llandevaud

Pencoed Castle is 600 m southeast of Llandevaud. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage. About ↓

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

When to go

Choosing a month

May to September are the warmest in Llandevaud, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°117 mm

Feb9° / 3°80 mm

Mar11° / 4°65 mm

Apr15° / 5°65 mm

May18° / 8°66 mm

Jun21° / 11°66 mm

Jul22° / 13°62 mm

Aug22° / 13°91 mm

Sep20° / 11°76 mm

Oct16° / 8°112 mm

Nov12° / 5°102 mm

Dec9° / 3°110 mm

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

About

Pencoed Castle

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages. Look also at Chepstow Castle, 14 km away, first of 32 more within 15 km.

Llandevaud’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 600 m southeast of Llandevaud

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

The map

Pencoed Castle on the map

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

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Pencoed Castle

Home to 130,882 people, Newport is the largest of these 8. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · 600 m northwest of it

Llandevaud

409 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km west of it

Underwood

2,134 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km west of it

Langstone

2,912 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km north of it

Parc-Seymour

730 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Pencoed Castle is	People	Places to visit
Llandevaud	600 m northwest of it	409	2
Underwood	1.6 km west of it	2,134	10
Langstone	1.9 km west of it	2,912	11
Parc-Seymour	2.1 km north of it	730	2
Undy and Magor	2.1 km southeast of it	5,742	5
Newport	2.4 km west of it	130,882	28
Llanwern	3.8 km west of it	305	13
Rogiet	4.9 km east of it	1,791	4

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Within 15 km you can add 4 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.

Castle · CadwChepstow Castle14 km away 2

CastlePenhow Castle2.3 km away 3

CastleCaldicot Castle8.1 km away 4

Castle · CadwNewport Castle9.5 km away 5

CathedralNewport Cathedral9.8 km away 6

Museum · CadwNational Roman Legion Museum6.7 km away 7

Museum · CadwCaerleon Roman Fortress Baths6.7 km away 8

Historic house · National TrustTredegar House12 km away

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

A visit to Pencoed Castle: questions

Where is Pencoed Castle?

Pencoed Castle is 600 m southeast of Llandevaud, Gwent.

What is Pencoed Castle?

Historic site in Newport, Wales.

When is the best time to visit Pencoed Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Llandevaud, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Pencoed Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Pencoed Castle?

Within 15 km: Chepstow Castle (14 km), Penhow Castle (2.3 km), Caldicot Castle (8.1 km) and Newport Castle (9.5 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)

Pencoed Castle: Ben Salter from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chepstow Castle: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Penhow Castle: Brassknocker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caldicot Castle: Nick, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newport Castle: The original uploader was Owain at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Newport Cathedral: The original uploader was Owain at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
National Roman Legion Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caerleon Roman Fortress Baths: Pwimageglow, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Tredegar House: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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