Cardigan Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 June 1961. Castle. 1 related planning application.

Cardigan Castle

WRENN ID
crumbling-loggia-sienna
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 June 1961
Type
Castle
Address
Cardigan Castle, SA43 1JA
OS grid reference
SN 177 459
Coordinates
52.08147, -4.66056
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Cardigan Castle features the main remnants of the curved southeast and east towers, along with the northeast bastion. Portions of the curtain wall are still standing between these towers and to the west of the southeast tower, situated on a tall embankment that overlooks the bridge. Atop this embankment is a pill-box built around 1940. The Great Tower is included as part of Castle Green House.

Local climate

Cardigan Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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