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Cathcart Castle

Cathcart Castle is a castle in Glasgow City. Officially, it is a scheduled monument. Around it, within 15 km, lie 96 more places, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (6.6 km) first on our list.

Photo: Cathcart Castle, David MacGibbon (1831-1902), and Thomas Ross (Public domain)

Where

In Glasgow

inside the locality

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Castle in Glasgow

Inside Glasgow

Cathcart Castle is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 22 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Glasgow has 1,795 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

How the seasons run

If warmth matters, go June to August: Glasgow reaches 18–19°C.

Jan7° / 2°121 mm

Feb8° / 2°99 mm

Mar10° / 3°85 mm

Apr12° / 5°62 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°69 mm

Jul19° / 12°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°91 mm

Sep17° / 9°89 mm

Oct13° / 7°121 mm

Nov9° / 4°114 mm

Dec7° / 2°128 mm

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

About

Cathcart Castle

Articles on it exist in 4 languages.

Glasgow’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Glasgow

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

The map

Around Cathcart Castle, mapped

The places near Cathcart Castle are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Cathcart Castle

In size, Glasgow comes first of the 8, with 617,904 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Glasgow

617,904 people · 101 places to visit

2 · 1 km southwest of it

Netherlee

4,493 people · 19 places to visit

3 · 1.2 km southwest of it

Giffnock

11,963 people · 25 places to visit

4 · 1.5 km east of it

Rutherglen

31,185 people · 51 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cathcart Castle is	People	Places to visit
Glasgow	It’s in town	617,904	101
Netherlee	1 km southwest of it	4,493	19
Giffnock	1.2 km southwest of it	11,963	25
Rutherglen	1.5 km east of it	31,185	51
Stamperland	1.9 km southwest of it	3,497	17
Clarkston	2.6 km southwest of it	9,486	19
Busby	3.1 km south of it	3,351	14
Thornliebank	3.3 km west of it	4,084	20

Make a day of it

Also near Cathcart Castle

Of the 96 within 15 km, look for 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery.

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum6.6 km away · 1M visitors a year 2

MuseumGlasgow School of Art5.9 km away 3

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral5.8 km away 4

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum6.6 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)5

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art5.3 km away · 596K visitors a year 6

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral4.8 km away 7

MuseumPeople's Palace4.4 km away · 290K visitors a year 8

Museum · National Trust for ScotlandHolmwood House400 m away

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

Visiting Cathcart Castle

Where is Cathcart Castle?

Cathcart Castle is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.

What is Cathcart Castle?

Castle in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Cathcart Castle?

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

Is Cathcart Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Cathcart Castle?

Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (6.6 km), Glasgow School of Art (5.9 km), Glasgow Cathedral (5.8 km) and Riverside Museum (6.6 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 (9)

Cathcart Castle: David MacGibbon (1831-1902), and Thomas Ross, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
People's Palace: Emmi Hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Holmwood House: Zeddy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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