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Picton Castle

Picton Castle is a country house. The site is 2.8 km northeast of Hook. Officially, it is a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Picton Castle, Morris (Public domain)

Where

2.8 km

northeast of Hook

How well known

Top 10%

#792 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Castle near Hook

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#792 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Hook

Picton Castle is 2.8 km northeast of Hook. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

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

The seasons here

If warmth matters, go June to September: Hook reaches 18–19°C.

Jan9° / 3°125 mm

Feb9° / 3°87 mm

Mar10° / 4°84 mm

Apr13° / 5°70 mm

May16° / 7°73 mm

Jun18° / 10°79 mm

Jul19° / 12°76 mm

Aug19° / 12°97 mm

Sep18° / 10°91 mm

Oct14° / 8°134 mm

Nov11° / 6°154 mm

Dec9° / 3°142 mm

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

About

Picton Castle

It has articles in 9 Wikipedias. Close by, Pembroke Castle is 12 km away, one of 31 within 15 km.

Hook’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: 2.8 km northeast of Hook
Official site: pictoncastle.co.uk

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

The map

Getting to Picton Castle

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

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Haverfordwest, with 12,088 people, is the largest of the 8. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 2.8 km southwest of it

Hook

886 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 4.1 km south of it

Llangwm

819 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 4.7 km west of it

Haverfordwest

12,088 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 6 km southwest of it

Hill Mountain

260 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Picton Castle is	People	Places to visit
Hook	2.8 km southwest of it	886	6
Llangwm	4.1 km south of it	819	2
Haverfordwest	4.7 km west of it	12,088	7
Hill Mountain	6 km southwest of it	260	3
Merlin's Bridge	6.1 km west of it	2,220	4
Crundale	6.4 km northwest of it	1,065	7
Rosemarket	7.6 km southwest of it	626	2
Johnston	8.2 km west of it	1,766	6

Make a day of it

What else is near Picton Castle

There are 31 within 15 km, 6 castles, a theme park and an abbey or priory among them.

CastlePembroke Castle12 km away 2

Castle · CadwCastell Cas-wis4.8 km away 3

Castle · CadwCastell Llanhuadain7.4 km away 4

CastleCarew Castle10 km away 5

Theme parkOakwood Theme Park5.6 km away 6

CastleBenton Castle6.6 km away 7

CastleHaverfordwest Castle6.2 km away 8

Abbey or priory · CadwPriordy Hwlffordd5.7 km away

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

Picton Castle, answered

Where is Picton Castle?

Picton Castle is 2.8 km northeast of Hook, Dyfed.

What is Picton Castle?

Country house in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK.

When is the best time to visit Picton Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Hook, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Picton Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Picton Castle?

Within 15 km: Pembroke Castle (12 km), Castell Cas-wis (4.8 km), Castell Llanhuadain (7.4 km) and Carew Castle (10 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)

Picton Castle: Morris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Pembroke Castle: Monkeyrustler at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Cas-wis: Lucy Sheers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Llanhuadain: Liamohara at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Carew Castle: Karen Sawyer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oakwood Theme Park: WillMcC at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Benton Castle: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Haverfordwest Castle: Cered, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Priordy Hwlffordd: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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