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Claypotts Castle

Claypotts Castle is a castle in Dundee City. Its status is a scheduled monument. Top of the 32 other places within 15 km is Broughty Castle, 2 km off.

Photo: Claypotts Castle, Bubobubo2 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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

Claypotts Castle is inside Dundee’s locality, with 9 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

Picking your season

Expect highs of 17–19°C in Dundee 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

Claypotts Castle

It is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 11 languages.

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/propertydetail.htm?PropID=PL_068

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

The map

Around Claypotts Castle, mapped

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

Towns near it

Towns that list Claypotts Castle

Of the 8, Dundee is the largest, at 147,365 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Dundee

147,365 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km south of it

Tayport

3,967 people · 16 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km east of it

Monifieth

9,356 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 4.2 km southwest of it

Newport-on-Tay and Wormit

4,119 people · 24 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Claypotts Castle is	People	Places to visit
Dundee	It’s in town	147,365	32
Tayport	2.6 km south of it	3,967	16
Monifieth	2.7 km east of it	9,356	4
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit	4.2 km southwest of it	4,119	24
Carnoustie	11 km east of it	11,373	1
St Andrews	17 km south of it	16,465	15
Forfar	19 km north of it	13,774	7
Cupar	19 km southwest of it	8,835	8

Make a day of it

Close to Claypotts Castle

Nearby, 32 places within 15 km include 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 cathedrals.

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBroughty Castle2 km away 2Historic shipHistoric shipRRS Discovery5.3 km away 3

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee5.6 km away 4

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee5.1 km away 5

CastleMains Castle4.3 km away 6

MuseumV&A Dundee5.2 km away 7

MuseumHMS Unicorn4.5 km away 8

MuseumThe McManus5.2 km away

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

Quick answers on Claypotts Castle

Where is Claypotts Castle?

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

What is Claypotts Castle?

Castle in Dundee City, Scotland, UK.

Who runs Claypotts Castle?

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

When is the best time to visit Claypotts Castle?

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

Is Claypotts Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Claypotts Castle?

Within 15 km: Broughty Castle (2 km), RRS Discovery (5.3 km), St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (5.6 km) and St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (5.1 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)

Claypotts Castle: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Broughty Castle: TimVickers, Public domain, 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
Mains Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
V&A Dundee: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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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