Llansteffan Castle, Llansteffan

Name: Llansteffan Castle
Address: Llansteffan, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Llansteffan

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture

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Llansteffan Castle is a privately owned castle in Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales, overlooking the River Tywi estuary in Carmarthen Bay. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°45'57"N, 4°23'26"W

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Llansteffan United Kingdom

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Day trips

Llansteffan Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kidwelly Castle, Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Laugharne Castle, Kidwelly Industrial Museum.

4 miSE
Intact Norman castle in a scenic locale
Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly
103 min walk • Kidwelly Castle is a Norman castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
2.8 miW
Historical place, Tea room, Museum
Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Laugharne
73 min walk • The Boathouse in Laugharne, Wales, was where Dylan Thomas lived with his family during his last four years between 1949 and 1953. The house is set in a cliff overlooking the Tâf estuary and is where he wrote many of his major pieces.
3.1 miW
Castle and mansion with literary heritage
Laugharne Castle, Laugharne
79 min walk • Laugharne Castle is in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The castle, located on the estuary of the River Tâf, was originally established in 1116. It was rebuilt as a Norman stronghold.
4.5 miE
Specialty museum, Museum
Kidwelly Industrial Museum, Kidwelly
116 min walk • The Kidwelly Industrial Museum focuses on the tinplate industry in Kidwelly, as well as area coal mining and brick making. The museum is located near the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, on the site of the former Kidwelly Tinplate Works.
7.1 miSE
Ruins, Manor house
Court Farm, Pembrey
182 min walk • Court Farm in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is an ancient and formerly imposing manor house which is now an overgrown ruin, but structurally sound, and capable of repair and restoration.
3.2 miW
51°46'24"N • 4°27'48"W
Tin Shed Laugharne, Laugharne
81 min walk • Military museum, Specialty museum, Museum
3.1 miW
Nightlife
Brown's Hotel, Laugharne
79 min walk • Browns Hotel is a guesthouse and pub in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is a grade II listed building and is known for being the favourite pub of the poet and writer, Dylan Thomas. He lived in Laugharne from 1938 to 1940 and from 1949 to 1953 in the Boathouse.
4.1 miSE
Monastery
Kidwelly Priory, Kidwelly
105 min walk • Kidwelly Priory was a Benedictine abbey in Kidwelly, Wales. Roger, bishop of Salisbury, a Norman invader founded the priory of Kidwelly, but it seems to have been a place of Celtic Christian veneration of Saint Cadog for some centuries prior to that.
4.3 miW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Odoceus' Church, Laugharne
110 min walk • St Odoceus' Church, Llandawke, is a redundant church situated in a hollow near the road between Llandawke and Laugharne in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It has been designated by Cadw as a Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
4.6 miSW
Beach
Pendine Sands, Laugharne
119 min walk • Pendine Sands is 7 miles of beach on the shores of Carmarthen Bay on the south coast of Wales. It stretches west to east from Gilman Point to Laugharne Sands. The village of Pendine is close to the western end of Pendine Sands. In the early 1900s the sands were used as a venue for car and motor cycle races.
5.8 miN
Church
St Mary's Church
147 min walk • St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in the hamlet of Llanllwch, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was originally a chapel attached to St Peter's Church, Carmarthen, both of which were conferred on the Priory of St. John the Evangelist at Carmarthen in the Early Middle Ages.