Oldcastle
in Monmouthshire of Wales, United Kingdom
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Bristol Filton Airport (32 mi) - Gloucestershire Airport (35 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (39 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (39 mi)
- MOD St. Athan (40 mi)
- RAF Lyneham (51 mi)
- Swansea Airport (51 mi)
- RAF Fairford (53 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (64 mi)
- RNAS Yeovilton (64 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (84 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 10 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 68 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 90 mi)
- Belmont Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Celtic Manor Resort (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.917 and -2.983 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 55' 0" and W -2° 58' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 02:15 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:45 am and 8:32 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-28 08:22:10
Explore Oldcastle
Oldcastle in Monmouthshire (Wales) is a city in United Kingdom about 126 mi (or 202 km) west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Oldcastle is now 02:15 PM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports in the vicinity of Oldcastle, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bristol Filton Airport in a distance of 32 mi (or 52 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 10 mi (or 16 km), South. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Longtown, Llancillo, Llanveynoe, Rowlstone and Bacton. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 52 °F
| Morning Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Night Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 2% |
| Air Humidity | 61% |
| Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
11°C (52 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
13°C (55 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
10°C (51 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Park Hotel
Videos from this area
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37425 Abergavenny 6M82
With the light drizzle catching out the driver, 425 thrashes through Abergavenny on 16/05/05 with 6M82 1958 Newport ADJ to Crewe BH engineers.
Paragliding in Abergavenny
Club Practice (Abergavenny) - Tai-otoshi_2
Thought we'd have a go at video analysis of a technique. These are our tai-otoshi efforts.
Judo - Tai-otoshi Richard Nash
Tai-otoshi demonstrated by Richard Nash at Abergavenny Judo club on 5th September 2014. Apologies for the filming, camera started steaming up so we switched to a mobile.
Judo - Sode-tsurikomi-goshi Richard Nash (GBR)
Sode-tsurikomi-goshi variations demonstrated by Richard Nash at Abergavenny Judo Club on 12th December 2014.
Marlin Sportster in Welsh country lanes
Navigating Welsh country lanes my brother's BMW M3 engined Marlin Sportster. Loud and very fast.
UK Day Walk 1: Llanthony to Sugar Loaf
A UK day walk from Llanthony to Sugar Loaf. 31/08/13.
Brecon Beacons Landscape Photographers Diary...Llanthony Valley Walk 2 Capel Y Ffin
Llanthony Valley Walk 2 The Owl and the Monk went to sea in a beautiful pea green valley. Starting at llantony Abbey we head up onto Hatterrall ridge to Capel Y Ffin. more info visit.
circular walk - Llanthony, Offa's Dyke, Lord Hereford's Knob
3D flythrough of a 19-mile circular walk in the Black Mountains, generated from the GPS track by Memory-Map software using an OS 1:50000 map of the area.
Brecon Beacons Landscape Photographers Diary....Black Daren Dawn 1st March
Daren is the welsh word for cliff and during the month of March we visit some the Darens of the Black Mountains all very unique but all connected by the ever present Old Red Sandstone....more...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
The Skirrid Mountain Inn
The Skirrid Mountain Inn http://www. geograph. org. uk/photo/216735 is a public house in the small village of Llanfihangel Crucorney, just a few miles north of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. Perhaps the oldest pub in Wales, listed in chronicles from 1100. Owain Glyndŵr is said to have rallied his forces in the cobbled courtyard in the early 15th century before raiding nearby settlements sympathetic to the English king, Henry IV.
Oldcastle, Monmouthshire
Oldcastle is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.
Longtown, Herefordshire
Longtown is a linear village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The civil parish also includes the village of Clodock. In the 2001 census the population of the parish was 474.
Hatterrall Hill
Hatterrall Hill is a rounded peak in the Black Mountains which sits on the Wales-England border, partly in Monmouthshire, Wales and partly in Herefordshire, England. Its summit at 531m is the high point of a peaty plateau which falls away steeply on all sides. Broad ridges run to the north, the southeast and southwest. To the north the ridge dips to a col at around 485m elevation before rising gradually over several kilometres towards Crib y Garth / Black Hill and Hay Bluff.
Gospel Pass
The Gospel Pass is the highest road pass in Wales. It is at the head of the Vale of Ewyas in the Black Mountains of southeast Wales. The narrow mountain road climbs steeply from Hay-on-Wye to a height of 549m above sea level, squeezing between the mountains of Twmpa to the west and Hay Bluff to the east, before dropping down into the valley to the south on its way to Llanthony Priory, Llanfihangel Crucorney and Abergavenny.
Clodock
Clodock is a village in the west of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Monnow in the foothills of the Black Mountains, close to the border with Wales. The village is in the civil parish of Longtown. Before 1536 Clodock was in the marcher lordship of Ewyas. Until 1866 it was a large parish (until 1852 in the diocese of St. David's), which included the chapelries of Craswall, Llanveynoe, Longtown and Newton.
Llanvihangel Court
Llanvihangel (or Llanfihangel) Court, Llanvihangel Crucorney, is a Tudor country house in Monmouthshire, Wales, described as "the most impressive and richly decorated house of around 1600 in Monmouthshire". The court has a "complicated building history" stretching from the mid-16th century to the early 20th century. It is a Grade I listed building. The court was originally constructed by the Morgan family in 1559, although earlier medieval elements were incorporated.
St. Michael and All Angels, Llanvihangel Crucorney
The Church of St Michael and All Angels, stands in the centre of the village of Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building as of 1 September 1956.
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