- Castell Coch has been a plaything of the rich and powerful for over 700 years.
- Castell Coch is situated at the Coryton roundabout on junction 24 of the M4 and A470 roads in the village of Tongwynlais.
- Castell Coch’s haunted walls are drenched in almost 1000 years of ghostly history and horrors, says RICK HALE.
- Perched on a hill in the Fforest Fawr in South Wales, Castell Coch prominently rises above the tree line.
- While resting on ancient foundations, Castell Coch (Red Castle) is relatively modern, the by-product of a vivid Victorian imagination, assisted by untold wealth.
- To reach Castell Coch, take Junction 32 of the M4 motorway, then the A470.
- It is during their tenure of the castle that the only medieval mention of Castell Coch – castrum rubeum or the red castle – appears in 1307.
- Above and beyond the castle is Fforest Fawr and four circular Castell Coch walks where you can get your 10k steps, explore the forest, imagine fairy stories...