Castle · St Briavels · Gloucestershire

St Briavels Castle

St Briavels Castle is a grade I listed castle in Forest of Dean. You will find it inside St Briavels’ built-up area. It is in the care of English Heritage.

Photo: St Briavels Castle, Roy Parkhouse (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In St Briavels

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 10%

#792 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Castle in St Briavels

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 (7 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside St Briavels

St Briavels Castle is inside St Briavels’ built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; St Briavels has 45 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 in St Briavels

Highs of 18–21°C mark June to September in St Briavels.

Jan7° / 2°110 mm

Feb8° / 2°87 mm

Mar10° / 3°79 mm

Apr13° / 4°72 mm

May16° / 7°71 mm

Jun19° / 10°69 mm

Jul21° / 12°65 mm

Aug21° / 12°87 mm

Sep18° / 10°71 mm

Oct14° / 7°115 mm

Nov10° / 4°118 mm

Dec7° / 2°121 mm

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

About

St Briavels Castle

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 7 languages. 36 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Tintern Abbey (5.2 km).

St Briavels’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: in St Briavels
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-briavels-castle

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

The map

Where St Briavels Castle is

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

Towns near it

Towns that count St Briavels Castle

Bream is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (3,117 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

St Briavels

707 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 2.5 km west of it

Llandogo

469 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 3.3 km north of it

Clearwell

399 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km northwest of it

The Narth

364 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Briavels Castle is	People	Places to visit
St Briavels	It’s in town	707	8
Llandogo	2.5 km west of it	469	4
Clearwell	3.3 km north of it	399	7
The Narth	3.5 km northwest of it	364	2
Sling	3.8 km northeast of it	895	9
Bream	3.8 km east of it	3,117	10
Tintern	4.3 km southwest of it	337	4
Woolaston	4.5 km southeast of it	830	2

Make a day of it

While you are near St Briavels Castle

A visit can add 5 castles, 2 abbeys or priories and an attraction, from 36 places within 15 km.

Abbey or priory · CadwTintern Abbey5.2 km away 2

Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle9.8 km away 3

Castle · CadwChepstow Castle11 km away 4

Castle · CadwRaglan Castle15 km away 5

CastleClearwell Castle3.3 km away 6

CastleBerkeley Castle14 km away 7

Abbey or prioryMonmouth Priory9.8 km away 8AttractionAttractionMonmouth Heritage Trail9.7 km away

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

Questions about St Briavels Castle

Where is St Briavels Castle?

St Briavels Castle is in St Briavels, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is St Briavels Castle?

Grade I listed castle in Forest of Dean, United Kingdom.

Who runs St Briavels Castle?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit St Briavels Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in St Briavels, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is St Briavels Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near St Briavels Castle?

Within 15 km: Tintern Abbey (5.2 km), Monmouth Castle (9.8 km), Chepstow Castle (11 km) and Raglan Castle (15 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)

St Briavels Castle: Roy Parkhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tintern Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chepstow Castle: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clearwell Castle: AHFilms Adam Huckle Films. www.adamhuckle.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Berkeley Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Monmouth Priory: Philbly, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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