Castle · Ardrossan · North Ayrshire

Ardrossan Castle

Among the sights of Ardrossan is Ardrossan Castle. Add any of 3 more places within 5 km to a visit. Officially, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Ardrossan Castle, TravisNygard (CC BY 3.0)

Where

In Ardrossan

inside the locality

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Castle in Ardrossan

Inside Ardrossan

Ardrossan Castle is inside Ardrossan’s locality, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Ardrossan has 71 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Expect highs of 18–19°C in Ardrossan from June to August.

Jan8° / 3°119 mm

Feb8° / 2°100 mm

Mar10° / 3°93 mm

Apr13° / 5°70 mm

May15° / 7°68 mm

Jun18° / 10°71 mm

Jul19° / 11°92 mm

Aug19° / 11°105 mm

Sep17° / 10°98 mm

Oct14° / 7°133 mm

Nov11° / 5°129 mm

Dec9° / 3°126 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ardrossan, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Ardrossan. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Ardrossan’s full climate →

About

Ardrossan Castle

6 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Worth the trip, Kerelaw Castle is 3.7 km off.

Ardrossan’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Ardrossan

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Ardrossan Castle and what surrounds it

Orange marks Ardrossan Castle, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

The towns around Ardrossan Castle

In size, Kilwinning comes first of the 6, with 16,224 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Ardrossan

10,338 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 800 m east of it

Saltcoats

12,171 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km east of it

Stevenston

8,658 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 4.4 km northwest of it

West Kilbride

4,876 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Ardrossan Castle is	People	Places to visit
Ardrossan	It’s in town	10,338	6
Saltcoats	800 m east of it	12,171	7
Stevenston	2.2 km east of it	8,658	11
West Kilbride	4.4 km northwest of it	4,876	8
Kilwinning	4.7 km east of it	16,224	10
Troon	14 km southeast of it	15,271	4

Make a day of it

More near Ardrossan Castle

There are 23 within 15 km, 6 castles, a cathedral and an abbey or priory among them.

CastleKerelaw Castle3.7 km away 2

CastleBoydston Castle1.9 km away 3

CathedralCathedral of The Isles15 km away 4

Abbey or prioryKilwinning Abbey7.1 km away 5

CastleLaw Castle6.5 km away 6

CastleEglinton Castle8.7 km away 7

CastlePortencross Castle8.7 km away 8

CastleKelburn Castle14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

What people ask about Ardrossan Castle

Where is Ardrossan Castle?

Ardrossan Castle is in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, inside the town’s locality.

What is Ardrossan Castle?

Castle in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Ardrossan Castle?

June to August are the warmest months in Ardrossan, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Ardrossan Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Ardrossan Castle?

Within 15 km: Kerelaw Castle (3.7 km), Boydston Castle (1.9 km), Cathedral of The Isles (15 km) and Kilwinning Abbey (7.1 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)

Ardrossan Castle: TravisNygard, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kerelaw Castle: Rosser1954 - Roger Griffith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Boydston Castle: James Paterson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of The Isles: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kilwinning Abbey: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Law Castle: David Neale, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eglinton Castle: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Portencross Castle: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelburn Castle: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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