Buddugre Castle

#6826 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Buddugre Castle was a motte and bailey defensive fortification overlooking the River Ithon, located in the community of Llanddewi Ystradenny, in Radnorshire, Wales. It is believed to have been built as a defensive measure in the medieval period, during the 12th century, as a timber castle. ()

Coordinates: 52°19'3"N, 3°19'15"W

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

Nearby attractions include: National Cycle Collection, Albert Hall, Rhos Fawr, Our Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls Church.

6 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
National Cycle Collection, Llandrindod Wells
152 min walk • The National Cycle Museum for the UK is a collection of bicycles through the ages established in 1981 in premises on the estate of Belton House, near Grantham. After the National Trust were gifted the house the museum was without premises until a new location at Lincoln was offered.
6 miSW
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells
153 min walk • The Albert Hall is a period Victorian theatre in Llandrindod Wells in Powys, Wales. Originally built as a church hall in 1896, it became a theatre in 1922, with the addition of an art-deco foyer.
6.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhos Fawr
158 min walk • Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest, a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some Silurian limestone. With a height of 660 metres, it is the highest point in the Radnor Forest and the historic county top of Radnorshire.
5.9 miSW
Church
Our Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls Church, Llandrindod Wells
151 min walk • Our Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Llandrindod Wells. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1907. It was rebuilt in 1972. Its original foundation was the only church the Jesuits built in central Wales.
2.9 miW
Monastery
Cwmhir Abbey
75 min walk • Cwmhir Abbey, near Llandrindod Wells in Powys, is a Welsh Cistercian monastery founded in 1176 by Cadwallon ap Madog. A spurious tale was later recorded that the abbey was founded in 1143 by Meredudd ap Maelgwn at Ty-faenor, and then refounded at the present location near the village of Abbeycwmhir in 1176.
6.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beacon Hill
165 min walk • Beacon Hill is a hill in the county of Radnorshire, Wales. It lies within the Powys unitary council area. It is located north-west of the town of Knighton close to the valley of the River Teme.
3 miW
Museum, History museum
Abbey Cwmhir Hall
77 min walk • Abbey-Cwm-Hir Hall is a neo-Elizabethan country house in the Welsh county of Powys.
3.6 miN
Forts and castles
Tinboeth Castle
93 min walk • Tinboeth Castle was a medieval castle situated midway between Llanbister and Llanbadarn Fynydd in Wales, on a bend in the River Ithon. The castle is believed to have been built by Roger Mortimer during the 13th century. Following Mortimer's death, the castle fell into ruin and little of the structure remains.
4.3 miS
Town, Forts and castles
Cefnllys
111 min walk • Cefnllys is an abandoned ghost village, formerly a medieval castle town and borough, near Llandrindod Wells in Radnorshire, Wales.
5.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Red Lion Hill
131 min walk • Red Lion Hill or Banc y Dolau is a hill in Powys, Wales, with a summit 484.6 metres above sea level. It is located in Mid Wales between the towns of Newtown and Llandrindod Wells, approximately three point two kilometres to the west of the A483 road.