Cleish Castle
Cleish Castle lies 4.8 km southwest of Kinross. It holds the status of a category A listed building. Look also at Loch Leven Castle, 6.7 km away, first of 18 more within 15 km.
Castle near Kinross
Just outside Kinross
Cleish Castle is 4.8 km southwest of Kinross. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Kinross has 31 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The seasons here
In Kinross the warm season is June to August, with highs of 17–19°C.
Cleish Castle
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 4.8 km southwest of Kinross
Where Cleish Castle is
Cleish Castle is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Which town is nearest
The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Kinross
Pair Cleish Castle with these
Within 15 km you can add 4 castles, a historic house and a museum.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandLoch Leven Castle6.7 km away2
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins)11 km away3
Historic houseKinross House6 km away4
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCastle Campbell12 km away5CastleCastleBurleigh Castle8.1 km away6
MuseumScottish Vintage Bus Museum6.1 km away7
Abbey or prioryCulross Abbey15 km away8Art galleryArt galleryDunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Cleish Castle: the answers
Where is Cleish Castle?
Cleish Castle is 4.8 km southwest of Kinross, Perth and Kinross.
What is Cleish Castle?
Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Cleish Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Kinross, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Cleish Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Cleish Castle?
Within 15 km: Loch Leven Castle (6.7 km), Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins) (11 km), Kinross House (6 km) and Castle Campbell (12 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 (7)
- Cleish Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loch Leven Castle: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins): Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kinross House: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Campbell: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish Vintage Bus Museum: Richard West, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Culross Abbey: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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