Margam Castle

#622 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Margam Castle, Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, is a Victorian country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. Designed by Thomas Hopper, the castle was constructed in a Tudor Revival style over a ten-year period, from 1830 to 1840. The site had been occupied for some 4,000 years. A Grade I listed building, the castle is now in the care of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°33'46"N, 3°43'30"W

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Margam Country ParkMargam WalesUnited Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Margam Stones Museum, Margam Country Park, Margam Abbey, Steel Company of Wales Ground.

~1250 ftW
Specialty museum, Museum, Archaeological museum
Margam Stones Museum, Port Talbot
7 min walk • Margam Stones Museum is a small Victorian schoolhouse near Port Talbot, South Wales, which now provides a home for one of the most important collections of Celtic stone crosses in Britain.
~1640 ftE
Park
Margam Country Park
8 min walk • Margam Country Park is a country park estate in Wales, of around 850 acres. It is situated in Margam, about 2 miles from Port Talbot in south Wales.
0.5 miS
Monastery
Margam Abbey
13 min walk • Margam Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales.
1 miW
Sport venue, Sport
Steel Company of Wales Ground
27 min walk • Steel Company of Wales Ground is a cricket ground in Margam, Glamorgan. The ground was initially built and owned by the Steel Company of Wales for the workers at the nearby Port Talbot Steelworks.

Margam Castle

Facts and practical information

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

Margam Stones Museum, Port Talbot

Margam Country Park

Margam Abbey

Steel Company of Wales Ground