Castell Bronllys

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Free entry for everyone

Entry

Free for everyone

Pricing details

Free entry for everyone; no membership card is needed.

ParkingParking not known

The Trust's page does not say how parking is charged.

Parking details

Cadw lists no car park; its directions point to the lay-by on the A479 Bronllys Road directly opposite the castle, which reviewers use and describe as a short walk away. No charge or free statement is published, so the status is recorded as unknown. Cross the trunk road with care.

Driving pin: the lay-by opposite the castle, 67 m from Cadw's marker on the tower. By road: on the A479, 0.7 miles north-west of Talgarth and 9 miles north-east of Brecon. National Cycle Network route 8 passes 0.8 km away.

About

Castell Bronllys, Bronllys Castle, is a sturdy stone tower with a turbulent history beside the A479 near Talgarth. First built as a basic motte-and-bailey castle in the late 11th or early 12th century; the surviving great round tower of the 13th century, with 14th-century windows, stands on its ditched mound at the southern tip of a pentagonal enclosure whose deep dry fosse can still be traced. In disputed Marches territory it passed between English and Welsh hands several times, was repaired against Owain Glyndwr's uprising in the early 15th century and then fell into ruin; a private house now stands within the old enclosure. You can still climb the tower's three floors by its external stair, 87 steps in all according to visitors, for far-reaching views over the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains that show the site's strategic importance. Reviewers call it small but impressive, with a lay-by across the road for parking. Dogs on short leads may explore the ground level.

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Castell Bronllys is currently closed due to poor weather conditions. We are monitoring the situation and will update you when it is safe for you to visit. Thank you.

Today, Saturday 24 October

Castell Bronllys10:00 – 16:00last admission 15:30

Free entry

Opening times may change at short notice.

Open 10am to 4pm all year, last admission 30 minutes before closing; closed 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January. No admission charge. Cadw may close monuments at short notice in extreme weather; check its social media before visiting.

Terrain level 3, moderate: exposed grounds that may be slippery or muddy, then narrow, steep steps of varying height inside the tower, with high thresholds, low door frames and mezzanine spaces at the upper levels; use the handrails and keep behind the guardrails. There may be a short wait for the top. No toilets or facilities. Drones are not permitted.

Dogs: Dogs on short leads are welcome on the ground level; they may not go up the tower's upper floors.

Photo: The round stone keep of Bronllys Castle on its grassy motte, ringed by a timber walkway and stair, among trees. Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Keep,_Bronllys_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2607315.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.