Colliston Castle
The site of Colliston Castle is 3.6 km northwest of Arbroath. It is protected as a category B listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 27 more places, Arbroath Abbey (5.9 km) first on our list.
Castle near Arbroath
Just outside Arbroath
Colliston Castle is 3.6 km northwest of Arbroath. Towns near it ↓
Category B listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Arbroath has 141 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
In Arbroath, July and August are the warmest, at 18–19°C in the afternoon.
Colliston Castle
Articles on it exist in 8 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category B listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 8 languages
- Town
- 3.6 km northwest of Arbroath
Colliston Castle and what surrounds it
The orange dot is Colliston Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Bases for a visit
Arbroath, with 23,487 people, is the largest of the 3. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Around Colliston Castle
Also close at hand are 4 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum, among 27 within 15 km.
Abbey or prioryArbroath Abbey5.9 km away2CastleCastleGardyne Castle4.5 km away3
Museum · Historic Environment ScotlandSt Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum4.3 km away4
CastleEthie Castle7.5 km away5
CathedralBrechin Cathedral14 km away6CastleCastleGuthrie Castle6.4 km away7CastleCastleMelgund Castle12 km away8
Historic houseBrechin Castle14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Colliston Castle
Where is Colliston Castle?
Colliston Castle is 3.6 km northwest of Arbroath, Angus.
What is Colliston Castle?
Castle in Angus, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Colliston Castle?
July and August are the warmest months in Arbroath, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Colliston Castle a listed building?
Yes: category B listed building.
What else is there to see near Colliston Castle?
Within 15 km: Arbroath Abbey (5.9 km), Gardyne Castle (4.5 km), St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum (4.3 km) and Ethie Castle (7.5 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 (6)
- Colliston Castle: Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arbroath Abbey: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethie Castle: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brechin Cathedral: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brechin Castle: Kylemunro1, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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