Bavelaw Castle
Bavelaw Castle is a castle in City of Edinburgh. It is protected as a category A listed building. Close by, Edinburgh Castle is 14 km away, one of 126 within 15 km.
Castle near Edinburgh
Just outside Edinburgh
Bavelaw Castle is 2.6 km southwest of Edinburgh. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Edinburgh has 4,435 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
The warmest afternoons in Edinburgh run June to August, at 18–20°C.
Bavelaw Castle
Articles on it exist in 6 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- 2.6 km southwest of Edinburgh
Bavelaw Castle at a glance
On this map, Bavelaw Castle is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns around Bavelaw Castle, by distance
From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Edinburgh
Make a day of it near Bavelaw Castle
Among the 126 within 15 km are 3 art galleries, a castle and a museum.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle14 km away2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery14 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland14 km away4
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral14 km away5
Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery14 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)6
Art galleryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art13 km away · 458K visitors a year (2015)7
ZooEdinburgh Zoo11 km away8
GardenRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Bavelaw Castle
Where is Bavelaw Castle?
Bavelaw Castle is 2.6 km southwest of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh.
What is Bavelaw Castle?
Castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Bavelaw Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Edinburgh, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Bavelaw Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Bavelaw Castle?
Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (14 km), National Gallery (14 km), National Museum of Scotland (14 km) and St Giles' Cathedral (14 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)
- Bavelaw Castle: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- 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 Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Grousebeater2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Zoo: billfromesm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Steve nova at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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