Aldourie Castle
Aldourie Castle is a 19th-century mansion incorporating a 1626 castle, by Loch Ness, Highland. Its address puts it 9.5 km southwest of Inverness. It is protected as a category A listed building.
Castle near Inverness
Near Inverness
Aldourie Castle is 9.5 km southwest of Inverness. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Inverness has 299 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Choosing a month
Warmest in Inverness are June to August, at 17–19°C.
Aldourie Castle
6 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. A short trip away is Urquhart Castle, 11 km off, the first of 15 within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- 9.5 km southwest of Inverness
Its place on the map
Orange marks Aldourie Castle, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns within reach of Aldourie Castle
The most populous of the 7 is Inverness, at 48,257. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Inverness
Milton of Leys
Westhill
Smithton
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Aldourie Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | 9.5 km northeast of it | 48,257 | 12 |
| Milton of Leys | 11 km northeast of it | 3,168 | 9 |
| Westhill | 13 km northeast of it | 5,681 | 13 |
| Smithton | 14 km northeast of it | 2,905 | 14 |
| Muir of Ord | 15 km northwest of it | 2,832 | 5 |
| Culloden | 15 km northeast of it | 3,699 | 12 |
| Aviemore | 38 km southeast of it | 2,841 | 3 |
Beyond Aldourie Castle
A visit can add 4 castles, 2 historic houses and a cathedral, from 15 places within 15 km.
CathedralInverness Cathedral9.9 km away3
Historic houseInverness Castle10 km away4CastleCastleBeaufort Castle11 km away5
MuseumInverness Museum & Art Gallery10 km away6CastleCastleMoniack Castle8.1 km away7
Historic houseRedcastle12 km away8
CastleKilcoy Castle14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Asked about Aldourie Castle
Where is Aldourie Castle?
Aldourie Castle is 9.5 km southwest of Inverness, Highland.
What is Aldourie Castle?
19th-century mansion incorporating a 1626 castle, by Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Aldourie Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Inverness, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Aldourie Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Aldourie Castle?
Within 15 km: Urquhart Castle (11 km), Inverness Cathedral (9.9 km), Inverness Castle (10 km) and Beaufort Castle (11 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Inverness Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Inverness Castle: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Inverness Museum & Art Gallery: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Redcastle: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilcoy Castle: Webrazor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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