Criccieth Castle, Criccieth

Name: Criccieth Castle
Address: Castle Street, Criccieth, LL52 0DP, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1766 522227

#2 among attractions in Criccieth

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Criccieth Castle is a native Welsh castle situated on the headland between two beaches in Criccieth, Gwynedd, in North Wales, on a rocky peninsula overlooking Tremadog Bay. It was built by Llywelyn the Great of the kingdom of Gwynedd, but was heavily modified following its capture by English forces of Edward I in the late 13th century. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°54'58"N, 4°13'57"W

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Castle StreetCriccieth LL52 0DP United Kingdom

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+44 1766 522227

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Harlech Castle, Criccieth Golf Course, Llŷn Coastal Path, Lloyd George Museum.

6.4 miSE
Imposing medieval stronghold of Edward I
Harlech Castle, Harlech
164 min walk • Harlech Castle is a majestic medieval fortification located in the coastal town of Harlech, within the scenic landscape of North Wales, United Kingdom. Perched high on a rocky outcrop, it offers breathtaking views of the Irish Sea and the surrounding countryside...
1 miN
Golf
Criccieth Golf Course, Criccieth
26 min walk • Criccieth Golf Club was a golf club based just outside Criccieth at Gwynedd, Wales. A 5787-yard-long, 18 hole hilltop course with par 69 and SSS of 68. The club opened in 1905. In 2015 the club was named among Bryn Terfel's favourite courses in the “Wales Golf Annual Brochure”. This club has a "members only" policy.
4.2 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Llŷn Coastal Path, Porthmadog
108 min walk • The Llŷn Coastal Path is a waymarked 146-kilometre long-distance footpath running along the coast of the Llŷn Peninsula from Caernarfon to Porthmadog in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. A large part of the Llŷn Peninsula is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
1.6 miW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Lloyd George Museum, Criccieth
41 min walk • The Lloyd George Museum is dedicated to the life and times of David Lloyd George, the Welshman who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. It is located in Lloyd George's home village of Llanystumdwy, Wales, where he is buried, and is run by Gwynedd Council.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel y Gest, Tremadog
81 min walk • Moel y Gest is a 263 m hill to the west of Porthmadog in North Wales. It is a very rocky hill with high topographic prominence because of the lower land that surrounds it on all sides, and qualifies as a Marilyn.
4.1 miE
Church
Peniel Chapel, Tremadog
105 min walk • Peniel Chapel is a former Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Tremadog, Gwynedd. It is one of five Grade I-listed nonconformist chapels in Wales. It is in a neoclassical style inspired by mid-17th century St Paul's Church in Covent Garden, London.
1.7 miNE
Church, Georgian architecture
St Cynhaearn's Church, Tremadog
45 min walk • St Cynhaearn's Church is a redundant church standing in an isolated position on Ynyscynhaearna, a former island in Llyn Ystumllyn, 900 metres south of the village of Pentrefelin, near Criccieth in Gwynedd, Wales.
6.5 miSE
Street
Ffordd Pen Llech, Snowdonia National Park
165 min walk • Ffordd Pen Llech is a public road in the town of Harlech which lies within Snowdonia National Park, North Wales. It was once considered the steepest street in the world, although that title reverted to the previous holder Baldwin Street on 8 April 2020.
4.4 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Lôn Las Menai
113 min walk • Lôn Las Menai is part of Lôn Las Cymru, the Welsh National Cycle Route, which is about 400 km long. Lôn Las Menai is the section which runs for 6.5 km along a section of the former Caernarfon to Bangor railway trackbed. From the north of Caernarfon it just runs to the north side of Y Felinheli.
4.4 miE
52°55'29"N • 4°7'42"W
Y Ganolfan Arts Centre, Porthmadog
112 min walk • Concerts and shows, Art gallery, Museum
3 miNE
Church
St Beuno's Church, Tremadog
77 min walk • St Beuno's Church, Penmorfa, is a redundant church near the settlement of Penmorfa, some 2 miles to the northwest of Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales.