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Castle Kennedy
Castle · near Stranraer · Dumfries and Galloway

Castle Kennedy

Castle Kennedy is a country house, now ruined, in Dumfries and Galloway. Visitors find it 3 km east of Stranraer. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument.

Photo: Castle Kennedy, LornaMCampbell (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
3 km
east of Stranraer
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 Stranraer

Just outside Stranraer

Castle Kennedy is 3 km east of Stranraer. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Stranraer has 73 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

Warm weather in Stranraer runs June to August, with highs of 17–19°C.

Jan7° / 2°120 mm
Feb8° / 2°93 mm
Mar10° / 3°89 mm
Apr12° / 4°70 mm
May15° / 7°70 mm
Jun17° / 9°75 mm
Jul19° / 11°85 mm
Aug19° / 11°94 mm
Sep17° / 10°94 mm
Oct13° / 7°140 mm
Nov10° / 4°137 mm
Dec8° / 3°135 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Stranraer, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Stranraer. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Stranraer’s full climate →
About

Castle Kennedy

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages. Close by, Castle of St John is 4.9 km away, one of 6 within 15 km.

Stranraer’s listed buildings and monuments →

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

Getting your bearings

Find Castle Kennedy in orange; each number is a place listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Bases near Castle Kennedy

The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · 3 km west of it

Stranraer

9,729 people · 4 places to visit

Make a day of it

Beyond Castle Kennedy

There are 6 within 15 km, 4 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum among them.

1CastleCastle of St John4.9 km away2Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryGlenluce Abbey7.8 km away3CastleCastleCastle of Park8.6 km away4CastleNorth West Castle4.6 km away5CastleCastleLochnaw Castle12 km away6MuseumStranraer Museum5.1 km away

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

Castle Kennedy in questions

Where is Castle Kennedy?

Castle Kennedy is 3 km east of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway.

What is Castle Kennedy?

Country house, now ruined, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Castle Kennedy?

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

Is Castle Kennedy a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Castle Kennedy?

Within 15 km: Castle of St John (4.9 km), Glenluce Abbey (7.8 km), Castle of Park (8.6 km) and North West Castle (4.6 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 (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.