Prestatyn Castle, Prestatyn

Name: Prestatyn Castle
Address: Prestatyn, United Kingdom

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Prestatyn Castle is a motte and bailey castle built in 1157 on land granted to the Norman lord Robert Banastre by King Henry II of England. It was built on level ground on the coastal plain and commanded an extensive view. Nowadays the mound and slight remnants of a causeway are all that is visible. ()

Coordinates: 53°20'19"N, 3°23'41"W

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Prestatyn United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Rhyl Golf Club, Rhuddlan Castle, Belle Vue, Point of Ayr Lighthouse.

3.4 miW
Outdoor activities, Golf
Rhyl Golf Club, Rhyl
87 min walk • Rhyl Golf Club is a golf club based on the outskirts of Rhyl at Denbighshire, Wales. It is a 9-hole course. In 2010 the club undertook a £225,000, five-year refurbishment programme.
4.5 miSW
Imposing riverside 13th-century fortress
Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan
114 min walk • Rhuddlan Castle is a castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It was erected by Edward I in 1277, following the First Welsh War. Much of the work was overseen by master mason James of Saint George.
3.6 miW
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Belle Vue, Rhyl
93 min walk • Belle Vue is a multi-purpose stadium in Rhyl, Wales. It is used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of CPD Y Rhyl 1879. The stadium holds 3,000 people, with a seating capacity of 1,720.
3.2 miNE
Reportedly haunted, Lighthouse
Point of Ayr Lighthouse
83 min walk • The Point of Ayr Lighthouse stands as a historic beacon on the northernmost tip of Wales, in the United Kingdom. This sentinel, which has overlooked the Irish Sea since its construction in 1776, was built to guide ships safely through the treacherous waters off the...
4.2 miW
City hall
Town Hall, Rhyl
107 min walk • Rhyl Town Hall is a municipal structure in Wellington Road in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Rhyl Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.5 miSE
Church
St Michael's Church
64 min walk • St Michael's Church, Trelawnyd, is in the village of Trelawnyd, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican parish church in the benefice of Dyserth and Trelawnyd and Cwm, the deanery of St Asaph, the archdeaconry of St Asaph, and the diocese of St Asaph. The church is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.
2.1 miSE
Prehistoric site
The Gop, Prestatyn
55 min walk • The Gop is a neolithic monument lying within the Clwydian Range, northwest of Trelawnyd, in Flintshire, Wales, in the Clwydian Range. There is evidence that there was a considerable amount of stone on the top of hill, which may indicate that it was used as a look-out or hill fort.
3.3 miSW
Architecture, Park
Bodrhyddan Hall, Rhuddlan
84 min walk • Bodrhyddan Hall is a country house in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building. The present building is a 1690s remodelling of an earlier building dating from the 16th century.
4.1 miW
53°19'24"N • 3°29'30"W
SeaQuarium Rhyl, Rhyl
106 min walk • Park, Aquarium, Zoo
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Hiraddug, Dyserth
82 min walk • Moel Hiraddug, also known as Y Foel, is a hill fort and hill in the Clwydian Range of north-east Wales. The northern part of the hill has been eaten away by limestone quarrying. An Iron Age hillfort crowns the hill, called Moel Hiraddug. Its ridge runs North-South and it lies above the village of Dyserth.
4.4 miW
Church
Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Rhyl
112 min walk • Our Lady of the Assumption Church, also known as St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Rhyl, Denbighshire. It was founded in 1851 by the Society of Jesus and was rebuilt in 1973. The original foundation was the first church the Jesuits built in Wales after establishing St Beuno's College in 1848.