Ardgowan Castle
Ardgowan Castle is a tower house. This one stands 300 m northwest of Inverkip. It is protected as a category B listed building.
Castle near Inverkip
Just outside Inverkip
Ardgowan Castle is 300 m northwest of Inverkip. Towns near it ↓
Category B listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Inverkip has 5 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
July and August bring the warmest afternoons to Inverkip, at 18°C.
Ardgowan Castle
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 5 languages. A short trip away is Castle Levan, 3.6 km off, the first of 26 within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category B listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 300 m northwest of Inverkip
- Official site
- ardgowan.co.uk
The map
Ardgowan Castle is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns close to Ardgowan Castle
The most populous of the 5 is Greenock, at 42,870. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Make a day of it near Ardgowan Castle
A visit can add 5 castles, a garden and a museum, from 26 places within 15 km.
CastleCastle Levan3.6 km away2
CastleRothesay Castle14 km away3GardenGarden · National Trust for ScotlandHill House14 km away4
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandNewark Castle12 km away5
MuseumMcLean Museum and Art Gallery7.7 km away6
CastleArdencaple Castle13 km away7
CastleSkelmorlie Castle7.2 km away8
PierDunoon Pier4.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Ardgowan Castle: what to know
Where is Ardgowan Castle?
Ardgowan Castle is 300 m northwest of Inverkip, Inverclyde.
What is Ardgowan Castle?
Tower house in Inverclyde, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Ardgowan Castle?
July and August are the warmest months in Inverkip, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Ardgowan Castle a listed building?
Yes: category B listed building.
What else is there to see near Ardgowan Castle?
Within 15 km: Castle Levan (3.6 km), Rothesay Castle (14 km), Hill House (14 km) and Newark Castle (12 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 (8)
- Ardgowan Castle: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Levan: easylocum from Gourock, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rothesay Castle: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newark Castle: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- McLean Museum and Art Gallery: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardencaple Castle: Cmacauley, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Skelmorlie Castle: McGibbon & Ross, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunoon Pier: dan kearney, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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