Gwydir Castle
Conwy, Wales
Gwydir Castle is a tower house in Conwy, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building. The nearest other castle is Dolwyddelan Castle, 7.1 mi away.
Gwydir Castle at a glance
Type
Tower house
Heritage status
Grade I listed building
National Monument of Wales
Nearest castle
Dolwyddelan Castle
7.1 mi away
Castles in Conwy
5
Wales
About Gwydir Castle
Gwydir Castle (Welsh: Castell Gwydir, pronounced [ˈkastɛɬ ˈɡwɨdir]) is in the Conwy valley, Wales, a mile west of the market town of Llanrwst and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the large village of Trefriw. An example of a fortified manor house dating back to c. 1500, it is located on the edge of the floodplain of the river Conwy, and overlooked from the west by the slopes of Gwydir Forest.
From the Wikipedia article on Gwydir Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gwydir Castle sits at 53.1329, -3.8011 in Conwy. The closest other castles are Dolwyddelan Castle (7.1 mi), Conwy Castle (10 mi) and Pen y Bryn (11 mi). Conwy has 5 castles in all.
