Bodelwyddan Castle in it's full glory

Explore our gardens and grounds

Relax and enjoy a cream tea

Bedrooms set in historic courtyards

Example of Signature Room at Bodelwyddan Castle

Pop in for a drink at The Elwy Bar

Stunning views and walks on your doorstep

Bodelwyddan Castle is set in amazing surroundings

Enjoy a swim at our indoor swimming pool

Dine at St David's Restaurant

Fine dining at Bodelwyddan Castle

Relax whilst strolling through our gardens

Guaranteed a perfect night's sleep

Play on our Crown Green bowling arena

Bodelwyddan Castle, North Wales

A Grade II-listed Victorian folly with spectacular views of the North Wales coastline

A lavishly magnificent Victorian Folly peering out over the spectacular North Wales coast, Bodelwyddan Castle has enjoyed many guises. Variously a folly, a house, a military establishment and a school, today it’s home to the National Portrait Gallery. It’s also as welcoming and relaxing a hotel as any you’ll find.

Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel History

Denbighshire’s glorious and romantic folly. Despite the implications of the name, follies are today recognised as a light-hearted punctuation to the British landscape which, in the fashion of the era, often echoed earlier styles. In the case of Bodelwyddan, this is a heady and immensely appealing mixture of Gothic, Jacobean and Greek Revival. Architectural medley it may be; yet there’s little especially casual about Bodelwyddan’s history.