Castell Coety — Attraction in Coity Higher

Located on Plas Road in Coity village, about three miles from Bridgend. Visitors can access the ruins by taking the A4061 road and following the well-placed signposts. The nearest postcode is CF35 6BG. The castle is open year-round, and visitors are welcome to explore the ruins at any reasonable time during daylight hours.

A small parking area is available beside the main gatehouse on the west side of the ruins, although it is not clearly marked. However, visitors can inspect the southern castle walls from the main road. To access the eastern walls, visitors can take a short path down Heol yr Eglys, a side road. This path leads to a field where the exterior of the northern walls can be viewed.

The castle ruins are now in the...

Nice little castle in a nice little village. It's not massive so only really enough to keep you occupied for a relatively short time. There's also not much in the way of interpretation, which is a shame as extra insight into the ruins would have been really useful. Parking was a little tricky, especially as there was an event at the village hall, so the on street parking was very busy. Fortunately managed to grab a space directly by the castle.

There's also a very nice little playground right by the castle entrance so the kids liked that.

When we visited the way from the castle to the church was fenced off which was a pity as it would have been nice to...

This lovely historical castle is free to enter between 10 to 6 pm. It is unstaffed, but there is an information board at the entrance to the park that gives you a brief history of the site.

Some of the building is closed off because it is unsafe to the enter, many people visit this place because it is a great place to come with children. They play and run around the lawns that are within the castle grounds. They play hide and seek to be in the many places. The or they have a picnic in a nice shelter spot.

The village does hold some events within the castle grounds like Guy Fawkes, and a Summer Fayre. Both events are entry by...