Key facts
- Operator
- Cadw
- Condition
- Partial ruin
- Access
- Free, open access
Pinpoint
Cowbridge CF71 7LT
Website cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/old-beaupre-castle
Possible Opening hours
Opening times change. Always check the official website before you travel.
| Monday | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Thursday | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Friday | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Saturday | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Sunday | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
A fortified Tudor manor with an unexpectedly grand Renaissance porch, reached only by a walk across several fields rather than a car park at the door — there's no exhibition or furnished rooms, just the building and information boards. Reviewers treat the difficulty of finding it as part of the appeal, a genuinely quiet site well off the main routes.
Worth the trip
The Renaissance porch, a surprising flourish of classical detail on an otherwise plain Tudor manor, according to reviewers who single it out.
Before you go
Wear waterproof shoes for the walk across the fields, and note parking is extremely limited (two to three cars in a layby); allow about an hour and expect to navigate stiles rather than a marked path.
Reviewers consistently describe this as a rewarding but somewhat tucked-away ruin, reached by a short walk across several fields with only room for two or three cars nearby. Several specifically call out the battlement walk and views as worth the effort of finding it, and entry is free; a couple of visitors note there's little in the way of exhibits or furnished rooms, just information boards.
Fortified Tudor manor with Renaissance porch; free; field walk
“Lovely little walk across 3 fields to reach Old Beapre.Only space in layby for 2 cars . Quiet piece of history. Well worth an hours visit.”— Mark Hier, visitor review
