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Blervie Castle
Castle · near Forres · Moray

Blervie Castle

Blervie Castle is a tower house. The site is 1.4 km east of Forres. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Blervie Castle, Anne Burgess (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
1.4 km
east of Forres
How well known
Top 34%
#2,866 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Aug
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Castle near Forres

Just outside Forres

Blervie Castle is 1.4 km east of Forres. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Forres has 171 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

The warmest afternoons in Forres run June to August, at 17–19°C.

Jan7° / 1°56 mm
Feb8° / 1°49 mm
Mar10° / 3°43 mm
Apr12° / 4°46 mm
May15° / 6°53 mm
Jun17° / 9°65 mm
Jul19° / 11°65 mm
Aug19° / 11°71 mm
Sep17° / 9°71 mm
Oct13° / 6°77 mm
Nov9° / 3°62 mm
Dec7° / 1°62 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Forres, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Forres. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Forres’ full climate →
About

Blervie Castle

Articles on it exist in 3 languages. There are 11 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Brodie Castle (9.1 km).

Forres’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Castle
Listed
Scheduled monument
Wikipedias
Covered in 3 languages
Town
1.4 km east of Forres
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Locating Blervie Castle

Numbered points are the places near Blervie Castle, which is in orange.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Which towns are near Blervie Castle

Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · 1.4 km west of it

Forres

9,290 people · 10 places to visit

Make a day of it

Next door to Blervie Castle

3 museums, 2 castles and 2 abbeys or priories are among the 11 within 15 km.

1Castle · National Trust for ScotlandBrodie Castle9.1 km away2Abbey or prioryKinloss Abbey4.3 km away3Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryPluscarden Abbey7.1 km away4CastleDarnaway Castle7.9 km away5MuseumMuseumMorayvia4.3 km away6MuseumMuseumDallas Dhu Historic Distillery3.5 km away7MuseumMuseumFalconer Museum3.7 km away8AttractionAttractionRodney's Stone8.6 km away

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

Blervie Castle: what to know

Where is Blervie Castle?

Blervie Castle is 1.4 km east of Forres, Moray.

What is Blervie Castle?

Tower house in Moray, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Blervie Castle?

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

Is Blervie Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Blervie Castle?

Within 15 km: Brodie Castle (9.1 km), Kinloss Abbey (4.3 km), Pluscarden Abbey (7.1 km) and Darnaway Castle (7.9 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 (4)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.