• Castell Coch. Cardiff. ... Castell Coch, or the ‘Red Castle’, rises up from the ancient beech woods of Fforest Fawr like a vision from a fairytale.
  • (0.43 km) Castell Coch View Apartment - Cardiff North - J32 M4. (1.98 km) The Gwaelod y Garth Inn. (1.82 km) Ty Mynydd Lodge.
  • As the Marquess of Bute’s main residence was the grand and impressive Cardiff Castle, Castell Coch was only ever intended to be used for short and infrequent...
  • There has been a castle on the site of Castell Coch since the Norman times to protect the growing town of Cardiff before it became a city in 1081!
  • Route 26 has hourly services direct from Cardiff to Caerphilly, stopping at Tongwynlais where Castell Coch is located.
  • The countryside around Cardiff abounds in great castles, and Castell Coch, four miles north of the city in Tongwynlais, is one of the most spectacular.
  • ...that this was also the period when Gilbert thoroughly rebuilt Castell Coch, which was to secure the area between the newly built Caerphilly and Cardiff.
  • Visitors to Cardiff are often keen to visit the Castell Coch, a 19th century Gothic Revival castle about 6 miles north of the city in Tongwynlais.
  • Yet these great towers with their unmistakable conical roofs only hint at the splendour within. Address: Castell Coch, Cardiff CF15 7JS.