Abergavenny Castle
Grade I listed building in Abergavenny. Ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Attractions in Llanfoist
Photo: Abergavenny Castle, Jeremy Bolwell (CC BY-SA 2.0)Abergavenny Castle leads what is near Llanfoist
What there is to see lies just outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge. There are 2 castles and a museum to choose from. Raglan Castle lies 13 km out, the pick for a day trip.
In Llanfoist
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
3
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
1
in or near town
Castles & historic places
2
in or near town
Best known
Top of the list around Llanfoist
Following Abergavenny Castle are a museum and a castle.
CastleAbergavenny Castle500 m outside town, to the northeast
MuseumAbergavenny Museum500 m outside town, to the northeastCastleCastleCastell Y Fenni500 m outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map
How they lie
Leave town to the northeast for most of the 3 nearby.
The dashed line is Llanfoist’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
The list by type
The biggest group is castles or historic places, with 2 of the 3.
Museums & galleries 1 museum0 in town · 1 nearby
Castles & historic places 2 castles0 in town · 2 nearby
Green: inside Llanfoist. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
The whole list for Llanfoist
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 3.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
8 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Llanfoist’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Llanfoist →
Big names nearby
A drive away
Out of town, Raglan Castle (13 km) leads 12 names to know.
Castle · CadwRaglan Castle13 km east
Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle22 km eastCastleCastle · CadwY Castell Gwyn9.5 km eastCastleCastle · CadwCaerphilly Castle30 km southwest
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff38 km south · 373K visitors a year
Abbey or priory · CadwTintern Abbey28 km southeast
Castle · CadwCastell y Grysmwnt16 km northeast
CastleCardiff Castle38 km south
CathedralHereford Cathedral34 km northeastCastleCastle · CadwSkenfrith Castle18 km northeast
Castle · CadwChepstow Castle31 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageGoodrich Castle29 km eastPlaces well known beyond Llanfoist (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Before a day out in Llanfoist
What is there to see near Llanfoist?
No attraction is mapped inside Llanfoist itself. Within 5 km of it are Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny Museum and Castell Y Fenni.
Does Llanfoist have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Llanfoist: Abergavenny Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Llanfoist?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Raglan Castle (Cadw), 13 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Llanfoist?
Within 40 km: Raglan Castle (13 km), Monmouth Castle (22 km), Y Castell Gwyn (9.5 km), Caerphilly Castle (30 km).
Where are Llanfoist’s historic buildings listed?
Llanfoist has 8 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Cadw’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Llanfoist when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (11)
- Abergavenny Castle: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abergavenny Museum: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tintern Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell y Grysmwnt: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hereford Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chepstow Castle: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Goodrich Castle: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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