Swansea Castle, 8 Castle Street, Swansea SA1 1DW. Free entry

Details

Accessibility:

Swansea Castle is situated in the City centre.  There is limited on-street parking in the area and a multi storey car park approximately 200 yards/metres away. Around the Castle is mostly grass and fairly flat but there are no designated paths.

Brief description:

The castle ruins are on a small site and can only be viewed from the outside for most of the year.  Special events are held during the summer.

2024: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_Castle

https://cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/swansea-castle

Address:

8 Castle Street, Swansea SA1 1DW

Email:

Not available 

Phone:

01443 336000

Website:

https://www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseacastle

Directions:

In Swansea City centre opposite Castle Gardens. "Road: Swansea city centre, on B4489. what3words: ///placed.agreed.sound

Council car parks nearby (pay & display)."

Opening Times:

Open daily.  "Can be viewed externally 1st April - 31st March. Swansea Castle can be viewed at castle square gardens at Swansea’s city centre.

The upper levels are closed to the public.

Guardrails have been installed to prevent access to any areas of the site that we have deemed as dangerous or to prevent falls in specific areas.  Please do not climb over or through any fixed installation.

Please do not climb upon the castle, naturally there are areas where there are hidden drops. 

Climbing may result in serious injury. 

As with all ancient monuments there is always a risk of stones being dislodged in bad weather, however, we manage this through extensive monitoring. 

There are several wild plants and flowers, although these are great pollinators, they may be poisonous to visitors and animals, we strongly advise you not to touch or allow dogs to eat any vegetation. "

Transport:

The centre of Swansea is very well served by buses. For travel information go to www.traveline.info

Amenities:

Dogs welcome: Dogs on short leads welcome to access ground floor levels of the site.

There are plenty of coffee shops, restaurants and takeaways throughout the City centre.  Castle gardens has a big screen that shows local and national news, sporting events and concerts.