Beaumaris Castle
Beaumaris Castle
A, dare we say it, absolute cracker of a castle with classic proportions and perfect symmetry. The last hurrah of Edward I’s massive building programme in north Wales…..just a shame he never got round to finishing it!
With finances stretched to the limit and the Scots now increasingly effective in their resistance to the English monarch, his vice-like grip on Wales was beginning to slip. Edward or ‘Longshanks’, on account of his extraordinary height, was forced to focus his attention elsewhere and the rest is, quite literally, history…
Address
Beaumaris Castle
Beaumaris
Isle of Anglesey
Anglesey
LL58 8AP
United Kingdom-
Contact
Telephone
01248 810361Online Booking:
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Pricing Details
Adults £3.60 Reduced Rate £3.20
Family Ticket £10.40 (admits 2 adults & all children under 16)
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Prices valid until 31st March 2010
Opening Times
Technically perfect and constructed according to an ingenious ‘walls within walls’ plan, Beaumaris Castle was the 13th-century hi-tech equivalent of a spaceship landing unceremoniously on Anglesey today.
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Ask about free entry if you are 60 and over or 16 and under and live in Wales.