Clifford Castle

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Clifford Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Clifford which lies 2.5 miles to the north-east of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England. It was the caput of the feudal barony of Clifford, a Marcher Lordship. The castle stands in the grounds of a private house and is only open to the public on certain days of the year. ()

Alternative names: Demolished: XV centuryCoordinates: 52°6'15"N, 3°6'20"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Hay-on-Wye Bridge, Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge, Hay Bluff, Maesyronnen Chapel.

2 miSW
Bridge
Hay-on-Wye Bridge, Hay-on-Wye
50 min walk • Hay Bridge spans the River Wye at Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. Preceding the rebuild, the bridge was partly of stone and partly of wood, which itself replaced a stone bridge of seven arches, destroyed by a flood in 1795, and some remains of which form part of the later structure.
1.4 miNE
Bridge
Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge
37 min walk • Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge is a single-carriageway, wood- and stone-construction in Herefordshire, England. The toll bridge carries the B4350 south from its junction with the A438, near Whitney-on-Wye, across the River Wye. It comprises two Grade II listed structures.
5.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hay Bluff, Brecon Beacons
142 min walk • Hay Bluff is a prominent hill at the northern tip of the Black Mountains, an extensive upland massif which straddles the border between south-east Wales and England.
5 miSW
Church
Maesyronnen Chapel
129 min walk • Maesyronnen Chapel is about 1 mile north of the village of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building.
4.7 miNE
Park
Eardisley Castle
120 min walk • Eardisley Castle was in the village of Eardisley in Herefordshire, England, 11 km north-east of Hay-on-Wye. The site of the castle is a scheduled monument. This was an 11th-century motte and bailey castle with a moat around the bailey filled by a stream. It is recorded in the Domesday Book as being held by Robert from Roger de Lacy.
2.5 miSW
Church
St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye
63 min walk • St Mary's is an Anglican parish church in Hay-on-Wye, Brecknockshire, Powys, Wales. Separated by a deep dingle, which probably was formerly a moat, it is situated westward of the town upon an almost precipitous eminence, near to the River Wye.
2 miSW
Bridge
Dulas Bridge, Hay-on-Wye
51 min walk • Dulas Bridge spans Dulas Brook, a tributary of the River Wye in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. The Dulas bridge, near Hay station, was a joint counties bridge—Brecknock and Radnor.
7 miSE
Church
Urishay Castle Chapel
179 min walk • Urishay Castle Chapel is a redundant chapel to the north of Urishay Castle, some 2.5 kilometres west of the village of Peterchurch in Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
4.8 miW
Forts and castles
Hay Castle
123 min walk • Hay Castle is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. Originally constructed as part of the Norman invasion of Wales, the castle was designed as a ringwork overlooking the town in either the late-11th or early-12th centuries.