Castle · near South Queensferry · City of Edinburgh

Barnbougle Castle

Barnbougle Castle is a castle in City of Edinburgh. It stands 2.3 km east of South Queensferry. The register lists it as a category A listed building.

Photo: Barnbougle Castle, Jonathan Oldenbuck (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

2.3 km

east of South Queensferry

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Castle near South Queensferry

Just outside South Queensferry

Barnbougle Castle is 2.3 km east of South Queensferry. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; South Queensferry has 116 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

In South Queensferry the warm season is June to August, with highs of 17–19°C.

Jan7° / 1°81 mm

Feb7° / 1°67 mm

Mar9° / 2°63 mm

Apr12° / 4°48 mm

May14° / 6°48 mm

Jun17° / 9°73 mm

Jul19° / 11°73 mm

Aug19° / 11°79 mm

Sep16° / 9°65 mm

Oct13° / 6°88 mm

Nov9° / 3°80 mm

Dec7° / 1°87 mm

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

About

Barnbougle Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 6 languages. Around it, within 15 km, lie 161 more places, Edinburgh Castle (9.6 km) first on our list.

South Queensferry’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: 2.3 km east of South Queensferry

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Orange: Barnbougle Castle.

Towns near it

The towns around Barnbougle Castle

Largest of the 4 is Edinburgh, home to 493,794. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · 2.3 km west of it

South Queensferry

10,214 people · 17 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km southeast of it

Edinburgh

493,794 people · 150 places to visit

3 · 4 km north of it

Dalgety Bay and Hillend

9,452 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 4.9 km northwest of it

Inverkeithing

5,273 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Barnbougle Castle is	People	Places to visit
South Queensferry	2.3 km west of it	10,214	17
Edinburgh	2.4 km southeast of it	493,794	150
Dalgety Bay and Hillend	4 km north of it	9,452	14
Inverkeithing	4.9 km northwest of it	5,273	16

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Around it, within 15 km, lie 161 more, including 3 art galleries, a castle and a historic house.

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle9.6 km away 2

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery9.8 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3

Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse11 km away 4

MuseumNational Museum of Scotland10 km away 5

CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral10 km away 6

Art galleryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art8.1 km away · 458K visitors a year (2015)7

Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery9.7 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)8

ZooEdinburgh Zoo6.6 km away

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

Know before you visit Barnbougle Castle

Where is Barnbougle Castle?

Barnbougle Castle is 2.3 km east of South Queensferry, City of Edinburgh.

What is Barnbougle Castle?

Castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Barnbougle Castle?

June to August are the warmest months in South Queensferry, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Barnbougle Castle a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Barnbougle Castle?

Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (9.6 km), National Gallery (9.8 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (11 km) and National Museum of Scotland (10 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)

Barnbougle Castle: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Grousebeater2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Edinburgh Zoo: billfromesm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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