Castle

Llawhaden Castle

Cross Hands, Pembrokeshire
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  • Open
  • Free entry
  • Dogs in the grounds
  • No car park on site
  • Cadw
Llawhaden Castle: Llawhaden Castle - Gatehouse
Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

Quick answer

Checked 14 Oct 2026

Llawhaden Castle is a castle near Cross Hands, Pembrokeshire, managed by Cadw. Dogs on a lead are welcome in the grounds but not inside. There is no car park on site.

Opening times

Cadw gives 10:00-16:00 for 1 Apr-31 Mar without naming days or a year, so no day-by-day seasons are recorded. Last admission 30 min before closing; closed 24, 25, 26 Dec and 1 Jan.

Check current times on the official site

Getting to Llawhaden Castle and parking

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Address
SA67 8HL
Parking
No car park on site. Limited parking (5 spaces) within 250 m, via a tarmac lane. About 250 m to the entrance.
By train
Clunderwen is 3.1 miles away.

Dogs, accessibility and facilities

Dogs

Partly
  • Welcome: in the grounds.
  • Not allowed: inside the buildings.
  • Leads: dogs must be kept on a lead.
  • Dogs on short leads, ground floor levels only.

Accessibility

Partly step-free
  • Step-free: in parts of the site.
  • Paths and surfaces: Terrain Level 2 – Easy; short uneven incline path, mostly grassed and flat inside; historic and steel steps; lower grounds can flood.

What to see at Llawhaden Castle

  • 01

    Gatehouse

    The fortified main entrance.

  • 02

    Curtain wall

    The outer defensive wall around the site.

  • 03

    Great hall

    The main hall, used for feasts and ceremony.

  • 04

    Chapel

    A chapel inside the castle.

  • 05

    Moat

    A ditch, wet or dry, around the walls.

History of Llawhaden Castle

  1. c.1115 Early motte and bailey probably established after 1115 by Bishop Bernard.
  2. 1192 Taken and destroyed by the Lord Rhys.
  3. c.1362 Major rebuilding under Bishop Adam de Houghton (1362-89).
  4. c.1536 Bishop William Barlow (1536-48) strips the roof lead; decay follows.

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Castles near Llawhaden Castle

All 6 castles in Pembrokeshire

Sources

Every fact on this page last verified 14 Oct 2026
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  1. Page on api.postcodes.io · checked 15 Oct 2026
  2. Page on cadw.gov.wales · checked 14 Oct 2026
  3. Wikidata · checked 15 Oct 2026
  4. Page on cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net · checked 15 Oct 2026

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