Almond Castle
Head 1 km east of Maddiston for Almond Castle. The register lists it as a scheduled monument. Linlithgow Palace, 4.5 km away, leads the 45 other places within 15 km.
Castle near Maddiston
Just outside Maddiston
Almond Castle is 1 km east of Maddiston. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
Warm weather in Maddiston runs June to August, with highs of 18–20°C.
Almond Castle
2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 1 km east of Maddiston
Around Almond Castle, mapped
Orange marks Almond Castle, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Staying near Almond Castle
Among the 7, Grangemouth is the biggest, home to 16,028 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Maddiston
Polmont
Brightons
Linlithgow
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Almond Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maddiston | 1 km west of it | 3,835 | 7 |
| Polmont | 1.6 km northwest of it | 5,044 | 11 |
| Brightons | 1.9 km west of it | 4,048 | 9 |
| Linlithgow | 2.6 km east of it | 12,522 | 15 |
| Redding | 3 km west of it | 3,812 | 10 |
| Grangemouth | 3.2 km northwest of it | 16,028 | 18 |
| Bo'ness | 3.4 km northeast of it | 14,875 | 18 |
Pair Almond Castle with these
4 castles, 2 historic houses and a palace are among the 45 within 15 km.
PalaceLinlithgow Palace4.5 km away2
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBlackness Castle10 km away3
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandKinneil House4.1 km away4
CastleAirth Castle11 km away5
Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandHouse of the Binns9.5 km away6
MuseumCallendar House6.1 km away7
CastleMidhope Castle12 km away8
Historic houseHopetoun House13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Almond Castle: the answers
Where is Almond Castle?
Almond Castle is 1 km east of Maddiston, Falkirk.
What is Almond Castle?
Castle in Falkirk, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Almond Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Maddiston, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Almond Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Almond Castle?
Within 15 km: Linlithgow Palace (4.5 km), Blackness Castle (10 km), Kinneil House (4.1 km) and Airth 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 (9)
- Almond Castle: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linlithgow Palace: Alex Sanz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackness Castle: Dr John Wells, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kinneil House: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Airth Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- House of the Binns: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Callendar House: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Midhope Castle: Camer01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hopetoun House: User:Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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