Crookston Castle
Crookston Castle is a ringwork castle in Glasgow City. Officially, it is a scheduled monument. Look also at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, 5.5 km away, first of 89 more within 15 km.
Castle in Glasgow
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#525 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (10 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Glasgow
Crookston Castle is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 19 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by Historic Environment Scotland
One of the places Historic Environment Scotland looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Glasgow has 1,795 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Afternoons in Glasgow peak at 18–19°C, June to August.
Crookston Castle
Its care is managed by Historic Environment Scotland. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 10 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Run by
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 10 languages
- Town
- in Glasgow
Finding Crookston Castle
On this map, Crookston Castle is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Glasgow’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Which towns are near Crookston Castle
The most populous of the 8 is Glasgow, at 617,904. The list runs from its own town outward.
Glasgow
Paisley
Barrhead
Thornliebank
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Crookston Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | It’s in town | 617,904 | 101 |
| Paisley | 1.1 km west of it | 79,351 | 27 |
| Barrhead | 2.3 km southwest of it | 17,608 | 15 |
| Thornliebank | 3.5 km southeast of it | 4,084 | 20 |
| Renfrew | 3.7 km northwest of it | 23,812 | 28 |
| Giffnock | 4.1 km southeast of it | 11,963 | 25 |
| Newton Mearns | 5 km south of it | 28,447 | 17 |
| Netherlee | 6.4 km southeast of it | 4,493 | 19 |
Next door to Crookston Castle
89 more lie within 15 km, 3 museums, 3 cathedrals and an art gallery among them.
Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum5.5 km away · 1M visitors a year2
Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum4.6 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)3
MuseumGlasgow School of Art6.7 km away4
CathedralGlasgow Cathedral8.2 km away5
Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art7 km away · 596K visitors a year6
Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandPollok House2.5 km away7
CathedralSt Mirin's Cathedral4 km away8
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral6.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Crookston Castle
Where is Crookston Castle?
Crookston Castle is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.
What is Crookston Castle?
Ringwork castle in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.
Who runs Crookston Castle?
Historic Environment Scotland, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Crookston Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Glasgow, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Crookston Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Crookston Castle?
Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (5.5 km), Riverside Museum (4.6 km), Glasgow School of Art (6.7 km) and Glasgow Cathedral (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)
- Crookston Castle: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pollok House: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mirin's Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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