Llawhaden Castle

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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 names limited parking of five spaces within 250 m of the castle, reached by a tarmac lane: the small car park on Llawhaden Green in the village. No charge or free statement is published, so the status is recorded as unknown; reviewers say there is no parking fee and that the car park is small and a five-minute walk from the castle. The walk in is a short incline on an uneven path with historic bedrock that may trip, slippery when wet.

Driving pin: the village car park on Llawhaden Green, 239 m from Cadw's marker on the castle. By road: Llawhaden, off the A40, 3 miles north-west of Narberth and 10 miles east of Haverfordwest. By rail: Clynderwen, 7.2 km. National Cycle Network route 440 passes 2.4 km away.

About

Llawhaden Castle, Castell Llanhuadain, is a forgotten castle-cum-mansion that stays in the memory, a fortified residence for the wealthy bishops of St Davids, who liked their home comforts,. An earth-and-timber ringwork of about 1115 on the frontier between Welsh and Norman settlers, refortified in stone in the early 13th century, it was reconstructed along its present lines in the 14th century by Bishop David Martin with private apartments, a courtyard, guest lodgings and quarters for a permanent garrison. A dry moat rings the oval site, and most impressive of all is the twin-towered front of the gatehouse, added in the later 14th century and still standing to its full height. Reviewers find a quiet, unstaffed ruin with spectacular views from the turrets and down into the moat; the small car park is in the village, a five-minute walk away. Dogs on short leads may explore the ground level.

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Llawhaden Castle 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

Llawhaden Castle10:00 – 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. Unstaffed. Cadw may close monuments at short notice in extreme weather.

Terrain level 2, easy: a short incline on an uneven path to the entrance, then a mostly grassed site with predominantly flat internal areas; the lower parts of the outer grounds can flood with deep pooling water. A mix of historic stone and modern steel steps climbs to the towers, slippery when wet, with handrails where provided; keep behind the guardrails. No toilets, shop or staff. Drones are not permitted.

Dogs: Dogs on short leads are welcome on the ground level of the castle; the steel stairs to the towers are for assistance dogs only.

Photo: The twin-towered gatehouse front of Llawhaden Castle, still standing to full height above the bridge over the moat. Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Llawhaden_Castle_-_Gatehouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7381467.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.