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Castles in Wales

Wales has the highest proportion of free, open-access castles of any nation on the roll - 30 of its 72, mostly Cadw-managed ruins with no ticket booth at all. Cadw runs 44 of the 72 in total, and the country's most famous entries - Caernarfon, Conwy, Harlech, Beaumaris - form part of the same UNESCO World Heritage listing, while quieter Cadw sites like Oxwich on the Gower coast and Cilgerran, free to enter above the Teifi gorge in Pembrokeshire, reward the detour.

72Castles in Wales

30Free to enter

12You can sleep in

18Counties covered

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