Caprington Castle
Set 600 m southwest of Kilmarnock is Caprington Castle. It is protected as a category A listed building. Dean Castle, 4.3 km away, leads the 25 other places within 15 km.
Castle near Kilmarnock
Just outside Kilmarnock
Caprington Castle is 600 m southwest of Kilmarnock. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Kilmarnock has 173 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Afternoons in Kilmarnock reach 18–19°C from June to August.
Caprington Castle
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 4 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 600 m southwest of Kilmarnock
Around Caprington Castle, mapped
The map puts Caprington Castle in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Bases near Caprington Castle
Of the 7, Kilmarnock is the largest, at 47,073 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
Kilmarnock
Crosshouse
Hurlford and Crookedholm
Dundonald
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Caprington Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmarnock | 600 m northeast of it | 47,073 | 9 |
| Crosshouse | 1.8 km northwest of it | 2,609 | 7 |
| Hurlford and Crookedholm | 3.3 km east of it | 4,360 | 10 |
| Dundonald | 3.6 km southwest of it | 2,579 | 4 |
| Kilmaurs | 4.4 km north of it | 2,702 | 6 |
| Irvine | 4.5 km northwest of it | 34,005 | 11 |
| Troon | 9 km southwest of it | 15,271 | 4 |
More near Caprington Castle
Also close at hand are 6 castles, a museum and an abbey or priory, among 25 within 15 km.
CastleDean Castle4.3 km away2
MuseumDick Institute2.9 km away3
CastleDundonald Castle4.7 km away4
CastleCraigie Castle4.5 km away5
CastleAuchans5.5 km away6
CastleRowallan Castle6.7 km away7
CastleEglinton Castle10 km away8
Abbey or prioryKilwinning Abbey13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Caprington Castle: what to know
Where is Caprington Castle?
Caprington Castle is 600 m southwest of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.
What is Caprington Castle?
Castle in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Caprington Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Kilmarnock, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Caprington Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Caprington Castle?
Within 15 km: Dean Castle (4.3 km), Dick Institute (2.9 km), Dundonald Castle (4.7 km) and Craigie Castle (4.5 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)
- Caprington Castle: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Castle: Fraser Sutherland, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Institute: Peter Mabon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dundonald Castle: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craigie Castle: Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auchans: Rosser1954, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rowallan Castle: Sagereid, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eglinton Castle: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilwinning Abbey: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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