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Broughty Castle

Broughty Castle is a castle and museum in Dundee City. It is a scheduled monument. There are 45 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Claypotts Castle (2 km).

Photo: Broughty Castle, TimVickers (Public domain)

Where

In Dundee

inside the locality

Run by

Historic Environment Scotland

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 6%

#465 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Castle in Dundee

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#465 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (11 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Dundee

Broughty Castle is inside Dundee’s locality, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by Historic Environment Scotland

One of the places Historic Environment Scotland looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Dundee has 853 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 Dundee reach 17–19°C from June to August.

Jan7° / 1°71 mm

Feb7° / 1°57 mm

Mar9° / 2°52 mm

Apr12° / 4°48 mm

May15° / 6°54 mm

Jun17° / 9°65 mm

Jul19° / 11°73 mm

Aug19° / 11°76 mm

Sep17° / 9°56 mm

Oct13° / 6°89 mm

Nov9° / 3°73 mm

Dec7° / 1°65 mm

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

About

Broughty Castle

Upkeep is seen to by Historic Environment Scotland. 11 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Dundee’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: Historic Environment Scotland
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 11 languages
Town: in Dundee
Official site: historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_043

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

The map

The way to Broughty Castle

Broughty Castle is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Bases near Broughty Castle

Of the 8, Dundee is the largest, at 147,365 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Dundee

147,365 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km south of it

Tayport

3,967 people · 16 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Monifieth

9,356 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km southwest of it

Newport-on-Tay and Wormit

4,119 people · 24 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Broughty Castle is	People	Places to visit
Dundee	It’s in town	147,365	32
Tayport	1.4 km south of it	3,967	16
Monifieth	2.3 km northeast of it	9,356	4
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit	4.3 km southwest of it	4,119	24
Carnoustie	10 km northeast of it	11,373	1
St Andrews	15 km south of it	16,465	15
Cupar	18 km southwest of it	8,835	8
Forfar	20 km north of it	13,774	7

Make a day of it

Beyond Broughty Castle

The 45 places within 15 km include 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 cathedrals.

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandClaypotts Castle2 km away 2Historic shipHistoric shipRRS Discovery6.1 km away 3

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee6.5 km away 4

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee6 km away 5

MuseumV&A Dundee6 km away 6

CastleMains Castle6 km away 7

MuseumHMS Unicorn5.4 km away 8

MuseumThe McManus6.2 km away

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

Broughty Castle: common questions

Where is Broughty Castle?

Broughty Castle is in Dundee, Dundee City, inside the town’s locality.

What is Broughty Castle?

Castle and museum in Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Who runs Broughty Castle?

Historic Environment Scotland, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Broughty Castle?

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

Is Broughty Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Broughty Castle?

Within 15 km: Claypotts Castle (2 km), RRS Discovery (6.1 km), St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (6.5 km) and St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (6 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 (8)

Broughty Castle: TimVickers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Claypotts Castle: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
V&A Dundee: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mains Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Unicorn: ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The McManus: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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