Newcastle, Bridgend

Beautiful place with a lot of history. My children loved to run around on the grass lovely and clean also right next to a church shown in the photos and also nice old fashioned cottage houses. Definitely recommend this old medieval castle

A quick visit to this castle and only the outer wall is still standing.

You can see across the valley Coity Castle, so it had quite the strategic location.

So, not much left, but it’s another one of our castle tour list for sure 😁

And on to our next castle .....

This is Free to visit and a small car park nearly. Not much to see at this castle There is plenty of space and area to have picnic ect here. Great view of bridgend from here.

Lovely castle ruins, with pretty stonework around the main entrance of what used to be the castle.
Now, this isn't the most wheelchair accessible site because of the steps at said main castle entrance. However, the entrance to the grounds is perfectly fine for wheelchair access - and the sole information board is in the bit without steps.
Parking isn't too far away either, a short slope away.

Lovely remains of a small Castle/Keep , just outside the town centre, pity one of the gates inside it is still locked, but a great place for a picnic .

Pretty castle ruins and pretty church

Great fun with my grandsons (4+6yr olds) There was initially no-one else there, so they could run and shout as much as they liked. 6yr old enjoyed finding out about castle from the info boards.

Not much left of this Norman Castle but still well work the visit.
Easy to get to by car and parking (small) nearby. It is on Newcastle hill which can be a bit of a struggle but most people should be able to tackle it.
Nice example and good views over Bridgend although possibly best in the winter when the leaves are on the ground and not on the trees.