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Culross Palace

Culross Palace is the remains of a mansion complex. Its location is 3.9 km northeast of Grangemouth. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Culross Palace, Lyall Duffus (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

3.9 km

northeast of Grangemouth

Run by

National Trust for Scotland

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum near Grangemouth

Just outside Grangemouth

Culross Palace is 3.9 km northeast of Grangemouth. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by National Trust for Scotland

One of the places National Trust for Scotland looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Grangemouth has 12 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

The climate through the year

Afternoons in Grangemouth reach 17–20°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°98 mm

Feb8° / 2°94 mm

Mar10° / 3°70 mm

Apr12° / 5°54 mm

May16° / 7°56 mm

Jun18° / 10°70 mm

Jul20° / 12°77 mm

Aug19° / 12°89 mm

Sep17° / 10°71 mm

Oct13° / 7°100 mm

Nov10° / 4°96 mm

Dec7° / 1°98 mm

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

About

Culross Palace

It is maintained by National Trust for Scotland. 3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Nearby, Linlithgow Palace (8.8 km) heads a list of 47 within 15 km.

Grangemouth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: National Trust for Scotland
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 3.9 km northeast of Grangemouth
Official site: nts.org.uk/visit/places/culross

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

Plan your visit

Useful details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Culross Palace and what surrounds it

Orange marks Culross Palace, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

In size, Grangemouth comes first of the 3, with 16,028 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 3.9 km southwest of it

Grangemouth

16,028 people · 18 places to visit

2 · 4.1 km south of it

Bo'ness

14,875 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 4.7 km west of it

Kincardine

2,887 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Culross Palace is	People	Places to visit
Grangemouth	3.9 km southwest of it	16,028	18
Bo'ness	4.1 km south of it	14,875	18
Kincardine	4.7 km west of it	2,887	7

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Within 15 km you can add 6 castles, a palace and an abbey or priory.

PalaceLinlithgow Palace8.8 km away 2

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins)10 km away 3

Abbey or prioryCulross Abbey400 m away 4

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBlackness Castle9 km away 5

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandKinneil House5.4 km away 6

CastleAirth Castle8.6 km away 7

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCastle Campbell14 km away 8

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandAlloa Tower12 km away

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

Quick answers on Culross Palace

Where is Culross Palace?

Culross Palace is 3.9 km northeast of Grangemouth, Falkirk.

What is Culross Palace?

Remains of a mansion complex in Fife, Scotland, UK.

Who runs Culross Palace?

National Trust for Scotland, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Culross Palace?

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

Is Culross Palace a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Culross Palace?

Within 15 km: Linlithgow Palace (8.8 km), Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins) (10 km), Culross Abbey (400 m) and Blackness Castle (9 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)

Culross Palace: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Linlithgow Palace: Alex Sanz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins): Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Culross Abbey: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackness Castle: Dr John Wells, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kinneil House: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Airth Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castle Campbell: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Alloa Tower: AllyD at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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