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Cluny Castle
Castle · near Kemnay · Aberdeenshire

Cluny Castle

Cluny Castle stands 4.7 km southwest of Kemnay. It is a category A listed building. 18 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Castle Fraser (3.4 km).

Photo: Cluny Castle, Cosmolinzeegordon (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Where
4.7 km
southwest of Kemnay
How well known
Top 23%
#1,932 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 18–18°C
In brief

Castle near Kemnay

Just outside Kemnay

Cluny Castle is 4.7 km southwest of Kemnay. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Kemnay has 5 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

Which month to go

July and August bring the warmest afternoons to Kemnay, at 18°C.

Jan6° / 0°65 mm
Feb7° / 0°59 mm
Mar9° / 1°57 mm
Apr11° / 3°62 mm
May14° / 5°58 mm
Jun16° / 8°72 mm
Jul18° / 10°77 mm
Aug18° / 10°73 mm
Sep16° / 8°65 mm
Oct12° / 5°103 mm
Nov8° / 2°98 mm
Dec6° / 0°75 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kemnay, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Kemnay. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kemnay’s full climate →
About

Cluny Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 4 languages.

Kemnay’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Castle
Listed
Category A listed building
Wikipedias
Covered in 4 languages
Town
4.7 km southwest of Kemnay
Official site
clunycastle.com
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Cluny Castle and what surrounds it

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

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Towns near Cluny Castle

These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 4.7 km northeast of it

Kemnay

3,864 people · 5 places to visit

Make a day of it

After Cluny Castle

Nearby, 18 places within 15 km include 8 castles.

1Castle · National Trust for ScotlandCastle Fraser3.4 km away2CastleCastle · National Trust for ScotlandCraigievar Castle13 km away3CastleCastleMidmar Castle7.7 km away4CastleCastle Forbes9.3 km away5CastleHallforest Castle (ruin)9.2 km away6CastleCastle of Balquhain12 km away7CastleLickleyhead Castle13 km away8CastleThe Bass and Little Bass12 km away

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

Good to know about Cluny Castle

Where is Cluny Castle?

Cluny Castle is 4.7 km southwest of Kemnay, Aberdeenshire.

What is Cluny Castle?

Castle in Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Cluny Castle?

July and August are the warmest months in Kemnay, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Cluny Castle a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Cluny Castle?

Within 15 km: Castle Fraser (3.4 km), Craigievar Castle (13 km), Midmar Castle (7.7 km) and Castle Forbes (9.3 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)

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.