St Donats Castle

Spooky and devilishly charming, this castle is the setting of a school, an arts centre, and the Beyond the Border Storytelling festival.
With some of the most charming and fun gardens around, this is a lovely place should you ever get the chance to visit.
It’s also been featured in the most recent series of Doctor Who! Oh, the excitement!

Crashing waves, towering cliffs, sheer inpregnable walls, dark spooky woods, bats, ancient church and graveyard, lush steaming river valley — St Donat’s Castle.
Walk along the Glamorgan Heritage Coast catching glimpses of the foaming sea below, skid down the tortuous rock path to the beach below. Catch the light at the right time (typical British summer) and marvel at the range of grey shades — cliffs, rocks, sea and sky — bleak at it’s beautiful best.
Clamber back up the cliff path and then down again to the slipway in front of the Castle (Atlantic College). No admission unless on an open day, but peek up the ramp at the open air swimming pool for the resident students.
With permissions on open day, explore the wooded hillside.
Then towards the ramparts from below, along the grass front with the gallery stand that looks just like the set of Arthur and the Round Table — Knights viewing a jousting tournament. Best time, evening, dodging the bats and looking for luscious early season blackberries flourishing in the shelter of the warm stonework.
Look inside the ancient, isolated, St Donat’s church nestling in the valley below — history, tradition, legacies and memories seeping from its old stones.
Castle itself, a marvel — a mini Gormenghast.
Loads of cultural activities too, if you plan ahead.
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Fantastic place.
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