Tretower Court, Brecon Beacons

Name: Tretower Court
Address: Powys, Tretower, Crickhowell, Brecon Beacons, SO 184 212, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1874 730279

#9 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Museum, History museum

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Tretower Court is a medieval fortified manor house in Wales, situated in the village of Tretower, near Crickhowell in modern-day Powys, previously within the historical county of Breconshire or Brecknockshire. ()

Coordinates: 51°52'60"N, 3°11'3"W

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Powys, Tretower, CrickhowellBrecon Beacons SO 184 212 United Kingdom

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+44 1874 730279

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Tretower Court – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bear Hotel, Ogof y Daren Cilau, Crickhowell Castle, Tretower Castle.

2.6 miSE
Nightlife
Bear Hotel, Crickhowell
67 min walk • The Bear Hotel, formerly the White Bear, stands on Beaufort Street, Crickhowell, Powys, Wales. A coaching inn from the mid 18th century, the building has older origins from the 17th and 15th centuries. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof y Daren Cilau, Brecon Beacons
98 min walk • Ogof y Daren Cilau is one of several cave systems in the Llangattock escarpment near Crickhowell in south Powys, Wales. The cave was discovered in 1957 and is one of the longest cave systems in the country.
2.7 miSE
Historical place, Town, Forts and castles
Crickhowell Castle, Crickhowell
69 min walk • Crickhowell Castle is a Grade I listed building in Crickhowell, Wales, now largely ruined. An alternative name, "Alisby's Castle", is sometimes used; this is thought to be after a former governor of the castle, Gerald Alisby.
~40 ftE
Forts and castles
Tretower Castle, Crickhowell
1 min walk • Tretower Castle is a Grade I-listed ruined castle in the village of Tretower in the county of Powys, Wales. It was built around the beginning of the twelfth century as a motte and bailey castle and this was probably replaced mid-century by a stone shell keep.
2.6 miSE
Bridge
Crickhowell Bridge, Crickhowell
66 min walk • Crickhowell Bridge is an 18th-century bridge that spans the River Usk in Crickhowell, Powys, Wales. The main A4077 road to Gilwern crosses it. The bridge is claimed to be the longest stone bridge in Wales at over 128 metres.
2.2 miW
Bridge
Llangynidr Bridge, Brecon Beacons
56 min walk • Llangynidr Bridge, also known as "Coed-yr-Ynys Bridge", is an early 18th-century bridge that crosses the River Usk to the north of Llangynidr, Powys, Wales. It carries the B4560 road towards Bwlch.
2.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen Cerrig-calch, Brecon Beacons
53 min walk • Pen Cerrig-calch is a subsidiary summit of Waun Fach in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Powys, Wales. Its summit, at a height of 701 m, is marked by a trig point.
2.6 miSE
Church
St Edmund's Church, Crickhowell
66 min walk • St Edmund's Church is located in Crickhowell, in southeastern Powys, Wales. Built in the early 14th century, the church is dedicated to Saint Edmund the king and martyr. It has been known by this name from its establishment in 1303. In a will dated 1576 in the register office at Brecon, it is termed the parish of Saint Edmund.
2.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen Allt-mawr, Brecon Beacons
60 min walk • Pen Allt-mawr is a 719 metres high subsidiary summit of Waun Fach and the third highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales.
2.7 miW
Forts and castles
Blaenllynfi Castle, Brecon Beacons
70 min walk • Blaenllynfi Castle is a privately owned ruinous stone castle near the village of Bwlch in southern Powys, Wales. It was probably built in the early thirteenth century.
3.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Agen Allwedd, Brecon Beacons
99 min walk • Ogof Agen Allwedd or Agen Allwedd, is, at 32.5 kilometres, one of the longest cave systems in Wales, and the longest cave system on the Llangattock escarpment.