Castle · near Dalgety Bay and Hillend · Fife

Couston Castle

Set 500 m northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend is Couston Castle. It holds the status of a category C listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 141 more places, Edinburgh Castle (14 km) first on our list.

Photo: Couston Castle, M J Richardson (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

500 m

northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Castle near Dalgety Bay and Hillend

Just outside Dalgety Bay and Hillend

Couston Castle is 500 m northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend. Towns near it ↓

Category C listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Dalgety Bay and Hillend has 7 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

Weather by the month

In Dalgety Bay and Hillend, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°77 mm

Feb8° / 2°51 mm

Mar10° / 3°54 mm

Apr12° / 4°48 mm

May15° / 7°41 mm

Jun18° / 10°61 mm

Jul20° / 11°78 mm

Aug19° / 11°67 mm

Sep17° / 9°54 mm

Oct13° / 7°78 mm

Nov10° / 4°92 mm

Dec7° / 2°79 mm

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

About

Couston Castle

Articles on it exist in 4 languages.

Dalgety Bay and Hillend’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Category C listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 500 m northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend

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

The map

The area around Couston Castle

The orange dot is Couston Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Couston Castle

With 56,053 people, Dunfermline is the largest of the 6. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 500 m southwest of it

Dalgety Bay and Hillend

9,452 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 3 km west of it

Dunfermline

56,053 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 3.4 km southwest of it

Inverkeithing

5,273 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 3.9 km northwest of it

Crossgates

2,993 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Couston Castle is	People	Places to visit
Dalgety Bay and Hillend	500 m southwest of it	9,452	14
Dunfermline	3 km west of it	56,053	14
Inverkeithing	3.4 km southwest of it	5,273	16
Crossgates	3.9 km northwest of it	2,993	8
Rosyth	4.4 km west of it	13,309	18
Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans	4.8 km north of it	11,979	2

Make a day of it

More near Couston Castle

Of the 141 within 15 km, look for 3 castles, 3 art galleries and a museum.

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle14 km away 2

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery14 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3

CastleAberdour Castle2.4 km away 4

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins)8.2 km away 5

MuseumNational Museum of Scotland15 km away 6

CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral15 km away 7

Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery14 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)8

Art galleryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art13 km away · 458K visitors a year (2015)

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

Visiting Couston Castle

Where is Couston Castle?

Couston Castle is 500 m northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend, Fife.

What is Couston Castle?

Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Couston Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Dalgety Bay and Hillend, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Couston Castle a listed building?

Yes: category C listed building.

What else is there to see near Couston Castle?

Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (14 km), National Gallery (14 km), Aberdour Castle (2.4 km) and Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins) (8.2 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)

Couston Castle: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdour Castle: Andy Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins): Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Grousebeater2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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