Dolforwyn Castle, Newtown

Name: Dolforwyn Castle
Address: Dolforwyn Cottage Dolforwyn, Newtown, SY15 6JG, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1443 336000

#1 among attractions in Newtown

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Dolforwyn Castle is a Welsh medieval castle above the village of Abermule, Powys. The fortification was established by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Gwynedd in the late 13th century. It is sited on a wooded ridge commanding excellent views of the upper Severn Valley. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1273 (751 years ago)Coordinates: 52°32'47"N, 3°15'7"W

Address

Dolforwyn Cottage DolforwynNewtown SY15 6JG United Kingdom

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+44 1443 336000

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Montgomery Castle, The Old Bell Museum, War Memorial, Cloverlands Model Car Museum.

4.4 miE
Forts and castles
Montgomery Castle, Montgomery
114 min walk • Montgomery Castle is a stone-built castle looking over the town of Montgomery in Powys, Mid Wales. It is one of many Norman castles on the border between Wales and England.
4.4 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
The Old Bell Museum, Montgomery
114 min walk • The Old Bell Museum is a former 16th-century inn, converted into a museum and run by volunteers from the Montgomery Civic Society of Powys.
4 miE
Memorial
War Memorial, Montgomery
102 min walk • The Montgomeryshire County War Memorial, located on the summit of Town Hill, south-west of the town of Montgomery, stands tribute to commemorate those from Montgomeryshire who have been killed in all past wars.
4.4 miE
52°33'39"N • 3°8'55"W
Cloverlands Model Car Museum, Montgomery
114 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
3.1 miS
Church
St Michael and All Angels Church
79 min walk • St Michael's Church is the parish church of Kerry, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, now Powys. Kerry is sited about 3 miles to the S E of Newtown. which suggests that there may have been a church on the site since the 7th century.
5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Lymore, Montgomery
128 min walk • Lymore, or Lymore House or Lodge was demolished in 1931. It stood in Lymore Park, one mile ESE of Montgomery, Powys, Wales. The house was a large half-timbered house built by Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury, c. 1675, to replace the family residences in Montgomery Castle and Black Hall in Montgomery.
2.3 miSW
Church
St Llwchaiarn's Church
59 min walk • St Llwchaiarn's church, Llanllwchaiarn was the parish church of Llanllwchaiarn, now within the community of Newtown with Llanllwchaiarn and lies within the historic county of Montgomeryshire in Powys. The church occupies a position on rising ground overlooking the river Severn and is to the north east of Newtown.
5.2 miNW
Church
St Michael's Church
133 min walk • St Michael's Church, Manafon, is in the small village of Manafon, Powys, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the parish of Llanfair Caereinion, Llanllugan and Manafon, the deanery of Mathrafal, the archdeaconry of Montgomery and the diocese of St Asaph. The church has been designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.
4.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Hen Domen
109 min walk • Hen Domen Welsh, meaning "old mound", is the site of a medieval timber motte-and-bailey castle in Powys, Wales. It is the site of the original Montgomery Castle, and was built by Roger de Montgomery in 1070.
7.4 miSE
Forest
Clun Forest, Clun
190 min walk • Clun Forest is a remote, rural area of open pastures, moorland and mixed deciduous/coniferous woodland in the southwest part of the English county of Shropshire and also just over the border into Powys, Wales.
5.9 miSE
Memorial
Cantlin Stone
151 min walk • The Cantlin Stone is a rough stone approximately two feet across with an inscription recording the death of one Willam Cantlin in the place where it is, and the fact that he was buried at the Bettws.