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Boghall Castle
Castle · near Biggar · South Lanarkshire

Boghall Castle

Visitors find Boghall Castle 200 m south of Biggar. It counts as a scheduled monument. There are 6 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Coulter Motte (2.3 km).

Photo: Boghall Castle, Walter Baxter (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
200 m
south of Biggar
How well known
Top 44%
#3,733 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 18–19°C
In brief

Castle near Biggar

Just outside Biggar

Boghall Castle is 200 m south of Biggar. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Biggar has 100 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 year in Biggar

For warmth in Biggar, choose July and August (18–19°C).

Jan6° / 0°92 mm
Feb6° / 0°81 mm
Mar8° / 1°65 mm
Apr11° / 3°54 mm
May15° / 5°56 mm
Jun17° / 8°64 mm
Jul19° / 10°76 mm
Aug18° / 10°83 mm
Sep16° / 8°70 mm
Oct12° / 5°95 mm
Nov8° / 2°91 mm
Dec6° / 0°101 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Biggar, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Biggar. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Biggar’s full climate →
About

Boghall Castle

Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Biggar’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Castle
Listed
Scheduled monument
Wikipedias
Covered in 2 languages
Town
200 m south of Biggar
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Around Boghall Castle, mapped

Spot Boghall Castle in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Towns that list Boghall Castle

Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · 200 m north of it

Biggar

2,751 people · 4 places to visit

Make a day of it

Also near Boghall Castle

Within 15 km you can add 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 gardens.

1Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCoulter Motte2.3 km away2MuseumBiggar Gasworks Museum700 m away3CastleCastleDrochil Castle14 km away4GardenGardenDawyck Botanic Garden Visitor Centre13 km away5GardenGardenLittle Sparta12 km away6MuseumMuseumBiggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum900 m away

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

Your questions on Boghall Castle

Where is Boghall Castle?

Boghall Castle is 200 m south of Biggar, South Lanarkshire.

What is Boghall Castle?

Castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Boghall Castle?

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

Is Boghall Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Boghall Castle?

Within 15 km: Coulter Motte (2.3 km), Biggar Gasworks Museum (700 m), Drochil Castle (14 km) and Dawyck Botanic Garden Visitor Centre (13 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 (3)

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.