Penrhyn Castle, Bangor

Name: Penrhyn Castle
Address: Bangor, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1248 353084

#1 among attractions in Bangor

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Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, in the form of a Norman castle. It was originally a medieval fortified manor house, founded by Ednyfed Fychan. In 1438, Ioan ap Gruffudd was granted a licence to crenellate and he founded the stone castle and added a tower house. Samuel Wyatt reconstructed the property in the 1780s. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1951 (73 years ago)Architectural style: Romanesque revivalCoordinates: 53°13'33"N, 4°5'41"W

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Bangor United Kingdom

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+44 1248 353084

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

Nearby attractions include: St Deiniol Golf Club, Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum, Bangor Mountain, Spinnies.

0.9 miW
53°13'42"N • 4°7'1"W
St Deiniol Golf Club, Bangor
24 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
~220 ftN
Museum
Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum
2 min walk • The Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum is a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor in Wales. In the nineteenth century, Penrhyn Castle was the home of the Pennant family, owners of the Penrhyn slate quarry at Bethesda.
1.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bangor Mountain, Bangor
30 min walk • Bangor Mountain is a scarp face of a hill below which the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, Wales, sits. Though not a mountain in the true sense of the word it is so-called because of the way it rears up behind Bangor and appears mountainous, especially from the Glan Adda, High Street and Hirael areas of the city.
0.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Spinnies, Bangor
18 min walk • Spinnies Aberogwen is a Nature reserve located 2 miles East of Bangor, in Gwynedd unitary authority, north west Wales. The reserve is owned and managed by North Wales Wildlife Trust.
0.9 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Lôn Las Ogwen, Bangor
24 min walk • Lôn Las Ogwen is a 17.7 km cycle route in the National Cycle Network which runs south from the NCN 5 at Porth Penrhyn on the north coast of Wales to Llyn Ogwen in Snowdonia. Lôn Las is Welsh for "Green Lane".
0.9 miNW
Harbor
Port Penrhyn, Bangor
24 min walk • Port Penrhyn is a harbour located just east of Bangor in north Wales at the confluence of the River Cegin with the Menai Strait.
1.3 miNW
53°14'8"N • 4°7'21"W
Garth Community Centre, Bangor
34 min walk • Piers and boardwalks, Neighbourhood
1.5 miNW
Piers and boardwalks
Garth Pier, Bangor
39 min walk • Garth Pier is a Grade II listed structure in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. At 1,500 feet in length, it is the second-longest pier in Wales, and the ninth longest in the British Isles.
0.8 miW
Neighbourhood
Maesgeirchen, Bangor
22 min walk • Maesgeirchen is a large housing estate on the edge of the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, with roughly 4,000 inhabitants.