Historic house · St Fagans · South Glamorgan

Saint Fagans Castle

Saint Fagans Castle is an elizabethan manor house in St Fagans, Cardiff. It counts as a Grade I listed building. Close by, St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre is 300 m away, one of 96 within 15 km.

Photo: Saint Fagans Castle, Llywelyn2000 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In St Fagans

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 8%

#682 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Historic house in St Fagans

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

#682 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (10 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside St Fagans

Saint Fagans Castle is inside St Fagans’ built-up area, with 48 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; St Fagans has 93 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

Warm months and wet ones

Afternoons in St Fagans peak at 17–22°C, May to September.

Jan8° / 2°130 mm

Feb9° / 2°93 mm

Mar11° / 4°86 mm

Apr14° / 5°72 mm

May17° / 8°75 mm

Jun20° / 11°74 mm

Jul22° / 13°86 mm

Aug21° / 12°107 mm

Sep19° / 10°86 mm

Oct15° / 8°131 mm

Nov11° / 5°135 mm

Dec8° / 3°141 mm

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

About

Saint Fagans Castle

Articles on it exist in 10 languages.

St Fagans’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 10 languages
Town: in St Fagans
Official site: museum.wales/stfagans/buildings/castle

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

Plan your visit

Hours, entry and address

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The way to Saint Fagans Castle

Spot Saint Fagans Castle in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

The largest of the 8 towns is Cardiff, with 348,511 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

St Fagans

291 people · 52 places to visit

2 · 700 m east of it

Cardiff

348,511 people · 76 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km south of it

Wenvoe

1,129 people · 49 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km southwest of it

St Nicholas

653 people · 46 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Saint Fagans Castle is	People	Places to visit
St Fagans	It’s in town	291	52
Cardiff	700 m east of it	348,511	76
Wenvoe	3.6 km south of it	1,129	49
St Nicholas	3.7 km southwest of it	653	46
Pentyrch	4.5 km northwest of it	2,374	47
Creigiau	4.6 km northwest of it	2,304	48
Tongwynlais	4.6 km north of it	1,846	51
Bonvilston	6.1 km southwest of it	416	9

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Places to add to Saint Fagans Castle

3 castles, 2 museums and 2 cathedrals are among the 96 within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre300 m away · 610K visitors a year 2

MuseumNational Museum Cardiff6.3 km away · 373K visitors a year 3

CastleCardiff Castle6.1 km away 4

CathedralLlandaff Cathedral3.7 km away 5

Castle · CadwCastell Coch5.6 km away 6CastleCastle · CadwCaerphilly Castle11 km away 7

CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral6.6 km away 8

Garden · National TrustDyffryn Gardens5.3 km away

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

What people ask about Saint Fagans Castle

Where is Saint Fagans Castle?

Saint Fagans Castle is in St Fagans, South Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Saint Fagans Castle?

Elizabethan manor house in St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales.

When is the best time to visit Saint Fagans Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in St Fagans, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Saint Fagans Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Saint Fagans Castle?

Within 15 km: St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre (300 m), National Museum Cardiff (6.3 km), Cardiff Castle (6.1 km) and Llandaff Cathedral (3.7 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)

Saint Fagans Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Llandaff Cathedral: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Coch: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dyffryn Gardens: Ben Salter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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