Craigneith Castle
Head 100 m northeast of East Kilbride for Craigneith Castle. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, 15 km away, leads the 92 other places within 15 km.
Castle near East Kilbride
Just outside East Kilbride
Craigneith Castle is 100 m northeast of East Kilbride. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in East Kilbride
Afternoons in East Kilbride are warmest in July and August, at 18°C.
Craigneith Castle
- Type
- Castle
- Town
- 100 m northeast of East Kilbride
The area around Craigneith Castle
Numbered points are the places near Craigneith Castle, which is in orange.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns close to Craigneith Castle
Largest of the 6 is East Kilbride, home to 76,626. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
East Kilbride
Hamilton
Blantyre
Cambuslang
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Craigneith Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Kilbride | 100 m southwest of it | 76,626 | 16 |
| Hamilton | 1.3 km east of it | 55,171 | 15 |
| Blantyre | 1.5 km northeast of it | 16,534 | 13 |
| Cambuslang | 3.7 km north of it | 33,250 | 35 |
| Bothwell | 4.2 km northeast of it | 7,002 | 13 |
| Rutherglen | 4.6 km northwest of it | 31,185 | 51 |
Also near Craigneith Castle
Choose from 92 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.
Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum15 km away · 1M visitors a year2
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBothwell Castle4.7 km away3
CathedralGlasgow Cathedral12 km away4
MuseumGlasgow School of Art13 km away5
Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum15 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)6
Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art12 km away · 596K visitors a year7
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral12 km away8
MuseumPeople's Palace11 km away · 290K visitors a yearWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Craigneith Castle
Where is Craigneith Castle?
Craigneith Castle is 100 m northeast of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire.
What is Craigneith Castle?
Castle.
When is the best time to visit Craigneith Castle?
July and August are the warmest months in East Kilbride, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Craigneith Castle?
Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (15 km), Bothwell Castle (4.7 km), Glasgow Cathedral (12 km) and Glasgow School of Art (13 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)
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bothwell Castle: James Mérigot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- People's Palace: Emmi Hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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