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Tomen Y Bala
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Tomen Y Bala

Tomen Y Bala is a motte and bailey. The built-up area of Y Bala includes it. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument.

Photo: Tomen Y Bala, Llywelyn2000 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
In Y Bala
inside the built-up area
How well known
Top 46%
#3,928 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Aug
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Castle in Y Bala

Inside Y Bala

Tomen Y Bala is inside Y Bala’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Y Bala has 74 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

The seasons here

Afternoons in Y Bala peak at 17–19°C, June to August.

Jan7° / 2°153 mm
Feb7° / 2°155 mm
Mar9° / 3°120 mm
Apr12° / 4°90 mm
May15° / 7°90 mm
Jun17° / 9°85 mm
Jul19° / 11°87 mm
Aug18° / 11°102 mm
Sep16° / 9°112 mm
Oct13° / 7°160 mm
Nov9° / 4°172 mm
Dec7° / 2°209 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Y Bala, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Y Bala. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Y Bala’s full climate →
About

Tomen Y Bala

Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia. Around it, within 15 km, lie 3 more places, Bala Lake Railway (4.1 km) first on our list.

Y Bala’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Castle
Listed
Scheduled monument
Wikipedias
Covered in 3 languages
Town
in Y Bala
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Getting to Tomen Y Bala

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Tomen Y Bala is the orange one.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Y Bala’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Towns near Tomen Y Bala

From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Y Bala

1,993 people · 3 places to visit

Make a day of it

Around Tomen Y Bala

3 more lie within 15 km, a heritage railway, a castle and a museum among them.

1Heritage railwayBala Lake Railway4.1 km away2CastleCastleCarndochan Castle9.7 km away3MuseumMuseumMary Jones World1.8 km away

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

Visiting Tomen Y Bala: the answers

Where is Tomen Y Bala?

Tomen Y Bala is in Y Bala, Gwynedd, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Tomen Y Bala?

Motte and bailey in Bala, Wales.

When is the best time to visit Tomen Y Bala?

June to August are the warmest months in Y Bala, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Tomen Y Bala a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Tomen Y Bala?

Within 15 km: Bala Lake Railway (4.1 km), Carndochan Castle (9.7 km) and Mary Jones World (1.8 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 (2)

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.