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Balhousie Castle

Balhousie Castle is a regimental museum in Perth. Its status is a category B listed building. Add Scone Palace, 2.2 km away, to a visit; it leads 15 places within 15 km.

Photo: Balhousie Castle, Paul McIlroy (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Perth

inside the locality

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Castle in Perth

Inside Perth

Balhousie Castle is inside Perth’s locality, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category B listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Perth has 357 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

Month by month

Afternoons in Perth peak at 18–20°C, June to August.

Jan7° / 0°84 mm

Feb7° / 1°62 mm

Mar10° / 2°58 mm

Apr12° / 3°48 mm

May16° / 6°54 mm

Jun18° / 9°68 mm

Jul20° / 11°76 mm

Aug19° / 11°85 mm

Sep17° / 9°59 mm

Oct13° / 5°93 mm

Nov9° / 3°78 mm

Dec7° / 1°82 mm

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

About

Balhousie Castle

6 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Perth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Category B listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Perth
Official site: theblackwatch.co.uk

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

The map

The area around Balhousie Castle

Orange: Balhousie Castle.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Balhousie Castle

Perth is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (47,885 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Perth

47,885 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 2 km northeast of it

Scone

5,219 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 7 km south of it

Bridge of Earn

2,917 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 38 km northwest of it

Pitlochry

2,694 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Balhousie Castle is	People	Places to visit
Perth	It’s in town	47,885	15
Scone	2 km northeast of it	5,219	12
Bridge of Earn	7 km south of it	2,917	7
Pitlochry	38 km northwest of it	2,694	8

Make a day of it

Close to Balhousie Castle

Choose from 15 places within 15 km, such as 3 castles, a cathedral and an art gallery.

CastleScone Palace2.2 km away 2CathedralCathedralSt Ninian's Cathedral500 m away 3

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandHuntingtower Castle3.2 km away 4

Art galleryPerth Art Gallery800 m away 5

MuseumPerth Museum1 km away 6

Abbey or prioryScone Abbey2.4 km away 7

Garden · National Trust for ScotlandBranklyn Garden2.1 km away 8

CastleElcho Castle6 km away

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

Asked about Balhousie Castle

Where is Balhousie Castle?

Balhousie Castle is in Perth, Perth and Kinross, inside the town’s locality.

What is Balhousie Castle?

Regimental museum in Perth, Scotland.

When is the best time to visit Balhousie Castle?

June to August are the warmest months in Perth, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Balhousie Castle a listed building?

Yes: category B listed building.

What else is there to see near Balhousie Castle?

Within 15 km: Scone Palace (2.2 km), St Ninian's Cathedral (500 m), Huntingtower Castle (3.2 km) and Perth Art Gallery (800 m).

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)

Balhousie Castle: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scone Palace: Peter Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Huntingtower Castle: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Perth Art Gallery: Dudesleeper at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Perth Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scone Abbey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Branklyn Garden: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elcho Castle: Slink pink at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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