diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
index eebbf16821843..49c329dbd1b17 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.eslintrc.js
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ const enableNoThrowDefaultErrorIn = [
   'aws-ssmquicksetup',
   'aws-apigatewayv2-authorizers',
   'aws-synthetics',
+  'aws-route53',
+  'aws-route53-patterns',
+  'aws-route53-targets',
+  'aws-route53profiles',
+  'aws-route53recoverycontrol',
+  'aws-route53recoveryreadiness',
+  'aws-route53resolver',
   'aws-s3-assets',
   'aws-s3-deployment',
   'aws-s3-notifications',
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-patterns/lib/website-redirect.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-patterns/lib/website-redirect.ts
index aedd43a9f5117..a9ba11d9aca74 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-patterns/lib/website-redirect.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-patterns/lib/website-redirect.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { ARecord, AaaaRecord, IHostedZone, RecordTarget } from '../../aws-route5
 import { CloudFrontTarget } from '../../aws-route53-targets';
 import { BlockPublicAccess, Bucket, RedirectProtocol } from '../../aws-s3';
 import { ArnFormat, RemovalPolicy, Stack, Token, FeatureFlags } from '../../core';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 import { md5hash } from '../../core/lib/helpers-internal';
 import { ROUTE53_PATTERNS_USE_CERTIFICATE } from '../../cx-api';
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export class HttpsRedirect extends Construct {
     if (props.certificate) {
       const certificateRegion = Stack.of(this).splitArn(props.certificate.certificateArn, ArnFormat.SLASH_RESOURCE_NAME).region;
       if (!Token.isUnresolved(certificateRegion) && certificateRegion !== 'us-east-1') {
-        throw new Error(`The certificate must be in the us-east-1 region and the certificate you provided is in ${certificateRegion}.`);
+        throw new ValidationError(`The certificate must be in the us-east-1 region and the certificate you provided is in ${certificateRegion}.`, this);
       }
     }
     const redirectCert = props.certificate ?? this.createCertificate(domainNames, props.zone);
@@ -123,10 +124,10 @@ export class HttpsRedirect extends Construct {
     const stack = Stack.of(this);
     const parent = stack.node.scope;
     if (!parent) {
-      throw new Error(`Stack ${stack.stackId} must be created in the scope of an App or Stage`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Stack ${stack.stackId} must be created in the scope of an App or Stage`, this);
     }
     if (Token.isUnresolved(stack.region)) {
-      throw new Error(`When ${ROUTE53_PATTERNS_USE_CERTIFICATE} is enabled, a region must be defined on the Stack`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`When ${ROUTE53_PATTERNS_USE_CERTIFICATE} is enabled, a region must be defined on the Stack`, this);
     }
     if (stack.region !== 'us-east-1') {
       const stackId = `certificate-redirect-stack-${stack.node.addr}`;
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/api-gateway-domain-name.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/api-gateway-domain-name.ts
index 5e20b107156db..b0ea117dd1a16 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/api-gateway-domain-name.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/api-gateway-domain-name.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as apig from '../../aws-apigateway';
 import * as route53 from '../../aws-route53';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 
 /**
  * Defines an API Gateway domain name as the alias target.
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export class ApiGatewayDomain implements route53.IAliasRecordTarget {
 export class ApiGateway extends ApiGatewayDomain {
   constructor(api: apig.RestApiBase) {
     if (!api.domainName) {
-      throw new Error('API does not define a default domain name');
+      throw new ValidationError('API does not define a default domain name', api);
     }
 
     super(api.domainName);
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/bucket-website-target.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/bucket-website-target.ts
index fef4aad569cc4..017b4bf59a876 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/bucket-website-target.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/bucket-website-target.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { IAliasRecordTargetProps } from './shared';
 import * as route53 from '../../aws-route53';
 import * as s3 from '../../aws-s3';
 import { Stack, Token } from '../../core';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 import { RegionInfo } from '../../region-info';
 
 /**
@@ -10,21 +11,21 @@ import { RegionInfo } from '../../region-info';
 export class BucketWebsiteTarget implements route53.IAliasRecordTarget {
   constructor(private readonly bucket: s3.IBucket, private readonly props?: IAliasRecordTargetProps) {}
 
-  public bind(_record: route53.IRecordSet, _zone?: route53.IHostedZone): route53.AliasRecordTargetConfig {
+  public bind(record: route53.IRecordSet, _zone?: route53.IHostedZone): route53.AliasRecordTargetConfig {
     const { region } = Stack.of(this.bucket.stack);
 
     if (Token.isUnresolved(region)) {
-      throw new Error([
+      throw new ValidationError([
         'Cannot use an S3 record alias in region-agnostic stacks.',
         'You must specify a specific region when you define the stack',
         '(see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/environments.html)',
-      ].join(' '));
+      ].join(' '), record);
     }
 
     const { s3StaticWebsiteHostedZoneId: hostedZoneId, s3StaticWebsiteEndpoint: dnsName } = RegionInfo.get(region);
 
     if (!hostedZoneId || !dnsName) {
-      throw new Error(`Bucket website target is not supported for the "${region}" region`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Bucket website target is not supported for the "${region}" region`, record);
     }
 
     return { hostedZoneId, dnsName, evaluateTargetHealth: this.props?.evaluateTargetHealth };
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/elastic-beanstalk-environment-target.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/elastic-beanstalk-environment-target.ts
index e35ea7b69e8ec..55e671865e711 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/elastic-beanstalk-environment-target.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/elastic-beanstalk-environment-target.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { IAliasRecordTargetProps } from './shared';
 import * as route53 from '../../aws-route53';
 import * as cdk from '../../core';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 import { RegionInfo } from '../../region-info';
 
 /**
@@ -13,9 +14,9 @@ import { RegionInfo } from '../../region-info';
 export class ElasticBeanstalkEnvironmentEndpointTarget implements route53.IAliasRecordTarget {
   constructor( private readonly environmentEndpoint: string, private readonly props?: IAliasRecordTargetProps) {}
 
-  public bind(_record: route53.IRecordSet, _zone?: route53.IHostedZone): route53.AliasRecordTargetConfig {
+  public bind(record: route53.IRecordSet, _zone?: route53.IHostedZone): route53.AliasRecordTargetConfig {
     if (cdk.Token.isUnresolved(this.environmentEndpoint)) {
-      throw new Error('Cannot use an EBS alias as `environmentEndpoint`. You must find your EBS environment endpoint via the AWS console. See the Elastic Beanstalk developer guide: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/customdomains.html');
+      throw new ValidationError('Cannot use an EBS alias as `environmentEndpoint`. You must find your EBS environment endpoint via the AWS console. See the Elastic Beanstalk developer guide: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/customdomains.html', record);
     }
 
     const dnsName = this.environmentEndpoint;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export class ElasticBeanstalkEnvironmentEndpointTarget implements route53.IAlias
     const { ebsEnvEndpointHostedZoneId: hostedZoneId } = RegionInfo.get(region);
 
     if (!hostedZoneId || !dnsName) {
-      throw new Error(`Elastic Beanstalk environment target is not supported for the "${region}" region.`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Elastic Beanstalk environment target is not supported for the "${region}" region.`, record);
     }
 
     return {
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/route53-record.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/route53-record.ts
index 1235a04ee0d61..0c796f8562468 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/route53-record.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53-targets/lib/route53-record.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as route53 from '../../aws-route53';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 
 /**
  * Use another Route 53 record as an alias record target
@@ -7,9 +8,9 @@ export class Route53RecordTarget implements route53.IAliasRecordTarget {
   constructor(private readonly record: route53.IRecordSet) {
   }
 
-  public bind(_record: route53.IRecordSet, zone?: route53.IHostedZone): route53.AliasRecordTargetConfig {
+  public bind(record: route53.IRecordSet, zone?: route53.IHostedZone): route53.AliasRecordTargetConfig {
     if (!zone) { // zone introduced as optional to avoid a breaking change
-      throw new Error('Cannot bind to record without a zone');
+      throw new ValidationError('Cannot bind to record without a zone', record);
     }
     return {
       dnsName: this.record.domainName,
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/geo-location.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/geo-location.ts
index 8fee035dc8d45..adfcce1bae807 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/geo-location.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/geo-location.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { UnscopedValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
+
 /**
  * Routing based on geographical location.
  */
@@ -49,21 +51,21 @@ export class GeoLocation {
   private static validateCountry(country: string) {
     if (!GeoLocation.COUNTRY_REGEX.test(country)) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-      throw new Error(`Invalid country format for country: ${country}, country should be two-letter and uppercase country ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Invalid country format for country: ${country}, country should be two-letter and uppercase country ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code`);
     }
   }
 
   private static validateCountryForSubdivision(country: string) {
     if (!GeoLocation.COUNTRY_FOR_SUBDIVISION_REGEX.test(country)) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-      throw new Error(`Invalid country for subdivisions geolocation: ${country}, only UA (Ukraine) and US (United states) are supported`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Invalid country for subdivisions geolocation: ${country}, only UA (Ukraine) and US (United states) are supported`);
     }
   }
 
   private static validateSubDivision(subDivision: string) {
     if (!GeoLocation.SUBDIVISION_REGEX.test(subDivision)) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-      throw new Error(`Invalid subdivision format for subdivision: ${subDivision}, subdivision should be alphanumeric and between 1 and 3 characters`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Invalid subdivision format for subdivision: ${subDivision}, subdivision should be alphanumeric and between 1 and 3 characters`);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/hosted-zone.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/hosted-zone.ts
index 8005be5656dc8..9722fffd07da4 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/hosted-zone.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/hosted-zone.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import * as kms from '../../aws-kms';
 import * as cxschema from '../../cloud-assembly-schema';
 import { ContextProvider, Duration, Lazy, Resource, Stack } from '../../core';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 
 /**
  * Common properties to create a Route 53 hosted zone
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ export class HostedZone extends Resource implements IHostedZone {
     class Import extends Resource implements IHostedZone {
       public readonly hostedZoneId = hostedZoneId;
       public get zoneName(): string {
-        throw new Error('Cannot reference `zoneName` when using `HostedZone.fromHostedZoneId()`. A construct consuming this hosted zone may be trying to reference its `zoneName`. If this is the case, use `fromHostedZoneAttributes()` or `fromLookup()` instead.');
+        throw new ValidationError('Cannot reference `zoneName` when using `HostedZone.fromHostedZoneId()`. A construct consuming this hosted zone may be trying to reference its `zoneName`. If this is the case, use `fromHostedZoneAttributes()` or `fromLookup()` instead.', this);
       }
       public get hostedZoneArn(): string {
         return makeHostedZoneArn(this, this.hostedZoneId);
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ export class HostedZone extends Resource implements IHostedZone {
    */
   public static fromLookup(scope: Construct, id: string, query: HostedZoneProviderProps): IHostedZone {
     if (!query.domainName) {
-      throw new Error('Cannot use undefined value for attribute `domainName`');
+      throw new ValidationError('Cannot use undefined value for attribute `domainName`', scope);
     }
 
     const DEFAULT_HOSTED_ZONE: HostedZoneContextResponse = {
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ export class HostedZone extends Resource implements IHostedZone {
    */
   public enableDnssec(options: ZoneSigningOptions): IKeySigningKey {
     if (this.keySigningKey) {
-      throw new Error('DNSSEC is already enabled for this hosted zone');
+      throw new ValidationError('DNSSEC is already enabled for this hosted zone', this);
     }
     this.keySigningKey = new KeySigningKey(this, 'KeySigningKey', {
       hostedZone: this,
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ export class PublicHostedZone extends HostedZone implements IPublicHostedZone {
   public static fromPublicHostedZoneId(scope: Construct, id: string, publicHostedZoneId: string): IPublicHostedZone {
     class Import extends Resource implements IPublicHostedZone {
       public readonly hostedZoneId = publicHostedZoneId;
-      public get zoneName(): string { throw new Error('Cannot reference `zoneName` when using `PublicHostedZone.fromPublicHostedZoneId()`. A construct consuming this hosted zone may be trying to reference its `zoneName`. If this is the case, use `fromPublicHostedZoneAttributes()` instead'); }
+      public get zoneName(): string { throw new ValidationError('Cannot reference `zoneName` when using `PublicHostedZone.fromPublicHostedZoneId()`. A construct consuming this hosted zone may be trying to reference its `zoneName`. If this is the case, use `fromPublicHostedZoneAttributes()` instead', this); }
       public get hostedZoneArn(): string {
         return makeHostedZoneArn(this, this.hostedZoneId);
       }
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ export class PublicHostedZone extends HostedZone implements IPublicHostedZone {
   }
 
   public addVpc(_vpc: ec2.IVpc) {
-    throw new Error('Cannot associate public hosted zones with a VPC');
+    throw new ValidationError('Cannot associate public hosted zones with a VPC', this);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ export class PrivateHostedZone extends HostedZone implements IPrivateHostedZone
   public static fromPrivateHostedZoneId(scope: Construct, id: string, privateHostedZoneId: string): IPrivateHostedZone {
     class Import extends Resource implements IPrivateHostedZone {
       public readonly hostedZoneId = privateHostedZoneId;
-      public get zoneName(): string { throw new Error('Cannot reference `zoneName` when using `PrivateHostedZone.fromPrivateHostedZoneId()`. A construct consuming this hosted zone may be trying to reference its `zoneName`'); }
+      public get zoneName(): string { throw new ValidationError('Cannot reference `zoneName` when using `PrivateHostedZone.fromPrivateHostedZoneId()`. A construct consuming this hosted zone may be trying to reference its `zoneName`', this); }
       public get hostedZoneArn(): string {
         return makeHostedZoneArn(this, this.hostedZoneId);
       }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts
index 7c90833a95f6f..7780fb207a771 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { CfnRecordSet } from './route53.generated';
 import { determineFullyQualifiedDomainName } from './util';
 import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import { CustomResource, Duration, IResource, Names, RemovalPolicy, Resource, Token } from '../../core';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 import { CrossAccountZoneDelegationProvider } from '../../custom-resource-handlers/dist/aws-route53/cross-account-zone-delegation-provider.generated';
 import { DeleteExistingRecordSetProvider } from '../../custom-resource-handlers/dist/aws-route53/delete-existing-record-set-provider.generated';
 
@@ -340,16 +341,16 @@ export class RecordSet extends Resource implements IRecordSet {
     super(scope, id);
 
     if (props.weight && !Token.isUnresolved(props.weight) && (props.weight < 0 || props.weight > 255)) {
-      throw new Error(`weight must be between 0 and 255 inclusive, got: ${props.weight}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`weight must be between 0 and 255 inclusive, got: ${props.weight}`, this);
     }
     if (props.setIdentifier && (props.setIdentifier.length < 1 || props.setIdentifier.length > 128)) {
-      throw new Error(`setIdentifier must be between 1 and 128 characters long, got: ${props.setIdentifier.length}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`setIdentifier must be between 1 and 128 characters long, got: ${props.setIdentifier.length}`, this);
     }
     if (props.setIdentifier && props.weight === undefined && !props.geoLocation && !props.region && !props.multiValueAnswer) {
-      throw new Error('setIdentifier can only be specified for non-simple routing policies');
+      throw new ValidationError('setIdentifier can only be specified for non-simple routing policies', this);
     }
     if (props.multiValueAnswer && props.target.aliasTarget) {
-      throw new Error('multiValueAnswer cannot be specified for alias record');
+      throw new ValidationError('multiValueAnswer cannot be specified for alias record', this);
     }
 
     const nonSimpleRoutingPolicies = [
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ export class RecordSet extends Resource implements IRecordSet {
       props.multiValueAnswer,
     ].filter((variable) => variable !== undefined).length;
     if (nonSimpleRoutingPolicies > 1) {
-      throw new Error('Only one of region, weight, multiValueAnswer or geoLocation can be defined');
+      throw new ValidationError('Only one of region, weight, multiValueAnswer or geoLocation can be defined', this);
     }
 
     this.geoLocation = props.geoLocation;
@@ -546,9 +547,9 @@ class ARecordAsAliasTarget implements IAliasRecordTarget {
   constructor(private readonly aRrecordAttrs: ARecordAttrs) {
   }
 
-  public bind(_record: IRecordSet, _zone?: IHostedZone | undefined): AliasRecordTargetConfig {
-    if (!_zone) {
-      throw new Error('Cannot bind to record without a zone');
+  public bind(record: IRecordSet, zone?: IHostedZone | undefined): AliasRecordTargetConfig {
+    if (!zone) {
+      throw new ValidationError('Cannot bind to record without a zone', record);
     }
     return {
       dnsName: this.aRrecordAttrs.targetDNS,
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/vpc-endpoint-service-domain-name.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/vpc-endpoint-service-domain-name.ts
index b3854f1570d99..4b54b5a383150 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/vpc-endpoint-service-domain-name.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/vpc-endpoint-service-domain-name.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { IVpcEndpointService } from '../../aws-ec2';
 import { Fn, Names, Stack } from '../../core';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 import { md5hash } from '../../core/lib/helpers-internal';
 import { AwsCustomResource, AwsCustomResourcePolicy, PhysicalResourceId } from '../../custom-resources';
 import { IPublicHostedZone, TxtRecord } from '../lib';
@@ -80,8 +81,7 @@ export class VpcEndpointServiceDomainName extends Construct {
     const serviceUniqueId = Names.nodeUniqueId(props.endpointService.node);
     if (serviceUniqueId in VpcEndpointServiceDomainName.endpointServicesMap) {
       const endpoint = VpcEndpointServiceDomainName.endpointServicesMap[serviceUniqueId];
-      throw new Error(
-        `Cannot create a VpcEndpointServiceDomainName for service ${serviceUniqueId}, another VpcEndpointServiceDomainName (${endpoint}) is already associated with it`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Cannot create a VpcEndpointServiceDomainName for service ${serviceUniqueId}, another VpcEndpointServiceDomainName (${endpoint}) is already associated with it`, this);
     }
   }