Pembroke Castle - Another Dramatic ‘MUST-SEE’ Castle In Wales

Another dramatic Welsh medieval castle, this time we’re at Pembroke Castle in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The first castle was built on the site back in 1093 during the Norman invasion of Wales. Although the site itself has been used since Roman times.
In the inner ward of the castle, you’ll find one of the most striking of the castle’s structures, the round Great Keep. It is over 80 feet tall and has a domed roof which could be adapted to hold a wooden fighting platform which overlooked attackers.
Beneath the castle is Wogan cavern which has been used for the past 12,000 years from the early cave dwellers right up to the English Civil War.
Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch was born in Pembroke Castle on 28th January 1457, in the tower overlooking the Westgate.
During the English Civil War in 1648, Oliver Cromwell came to Pembroke and took the castle after a seven-week long siege.
After the English Civil War, the castle was then abandoned and allowed to decay until 1928 when Sir Ivor Philipps acquired the castle and began an extensive restoration project.
Pembroke Castle - Another reason why you should visit Wales.
The castle is usually open all year except Christmas and New Year’s Day but it’s always worth checking before you visit.
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[@rachellearnot6047]

Home of Margaret Beaufort, and king Henry the 7th birthplace. Jasper Tudor lived here as well, he had keys to the castle.

[@JohnLvideos]

We visited there in 2018 while on holiday staying near Tenby. What an impressive castle and the birth place of the Tudor Dynasty. I didn't know about the staircase down to the river though, interesting.

[@James-zg9lq]

Must go to Pembroke Castle An Impressive And Thank you for this Video And I attend A lots of Events Including The Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Party here. Love the Millpond surrounding the castle. 💜🖤💚🤎💙🤎🤪💜🤓🤑🤠🤑😁😅😂🤣😆😀😃😄😁🤪😜😝😛😋💌💟♥️❣️✋🖖🤚 I loved This place. A must go to place Best In Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thank you.

[@UserJAUribe]

Gracias por el video, me ayudó en una tarea.

[@pauljones1350]

Now that’s a castle worth storming,love these castle documentaries thankyou Marcus can’t wait for the Kidwelly castle one .boy they charge a lot now making up for the lost time profits of lockdown i guess

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, I did the Kidwelly one a few years ago. That one was quite cheap to enter and many like Llansteffan, are free. (Kidwelly castle makes a brief appearance at the start of Monty Python and the Holy Grail film.

[@doncoug]

I lived in pembroke in the eighties and I have booked to stay in pembroke dock

[@flydriveexplore]

Hope you have a good visit.

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Iev realy Enjoyed your videos, I enjoyed Skar house, iev crawled all over that place !! Do you have an email ??

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[@matthewjones9565]

I'm going there next weekend with my children. Even my daughter who hates history is looking forward to it. In fact it was her idea.

[@ianjames8794]

Another interesting video. I visited Pembroke castle back in the 80's with my parents and stood on top of the keep. Not sure if that would be allowed in today's health and safety conscious society we live in today. I remember the keep being full of pigeons too.

[@flydriveexplore]

Yep, the pigeons are still there!

[@AlexaWilliamsMeisler]

The castles, the history --- so much to explore. I hope to visit again in the near future.

[@flydriveexplore]

It is a really interesting place, I love the cave underneath.

[@GoYvon]

That sure is a dramatic castle! It has so many different areas to explore. I really enjoyed the museum part of it with the displays. Thanks for sharing!

[@flydriveexplore]

It is quite big, you can spend a good part of the day there.

[@fehmiabbasi4874]

Nice content 👍

[@sbdiaries]

Thanks for your historicial tour of the Majestic Pembrook Castle. We had the pleasure of seeing this Majestic beauty last summer 👍. Thanks for rekindling our memories,it was very Interesting and great to be back. Best wishes Simon and Beth ❤️🙋

[@flydriveexplore]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍 Thanks for watching.

[@martynelliott6211]

If David Brent did history 😂

[@flydriveexplore]

So next week, the history of Slough!

[@MostlyCastles]

Smashing. Looks like you had the whole place to yourself.

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks. Yes, it was a quiet day although there was a big school trip there which I managed to avoid.

[@peachbottomparanormal3587]

I love you're posts! Pennsylvania USA and never seen a castle before thanks so much 🤗😎

[@flydriveexplore]

We do have a LOT of castles in Wales. We were in Philadelphia very briefly at the start of the year.

[@MYROADTRIPS99]

very nice video.. thank you for sharing

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Thanks

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Wow really good Video! 😮😃 Quality👌

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Well presented 👍

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[@DonaldLee-qo3vx]

Scary

[@donnahollywood8007]

Love this! ❤ Thank you for sharing.

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You are welcome!

[@c.s.7266]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, it was a great place to visit.