Douglas Tower
Set 2.6 km east of North Berwick, Douglas Tower is ruins. Close by, Tantallon Castle is 100 m away, one of 26 within 15 km.
Ruins near North Berwick
Just outside North Berwick
Douglas Tower is 2.6 km east of North Berwick. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
Expect 19°C highs in North Berwick in July and August.
Douglas Tower
Ruins.
- Type
- Ruins
- Town
- 2.6 km east of North Berwick
Mapping Douglas Tower
The orange dot is Douglas Tower; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns a short way from Douglas Tower
From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
North Berwick
Places to add to Douglas Tower
26 more lie within 15 km, 6 castles and 2 museums among them.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandTantallon Castle100 m away · 31K visitors a year (2009)2
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDirleton Castle8 km away3
CastleDunbar Castle10 km away4CastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandHailes Castle9.5 km away5
CastleBass Castle2.3 km away6MuseumMuseum · National Trust for ScotlandPreston Mill7.2 km away7
CastleFenton Tower6 km away8
MuseumNational Museum of Flight8.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Douglas Tower
Where is Douglas Tower?
Douglas Tower is 2.6 km east of North Berwick, East Lothian.
What is Douglas Tower?
Ruins.
When is the best time to visit Douglas Tower?
July and August are the warmest months in North Berwick, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Douglas Tower?
Within 15 km: Tantallon Castle (100 m), Dirleton Castle (8 km), Dunbar Castle (10 km) and Hailes Castle (9.5 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)
- Tantallon Castle: Lynne Kirton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dirleton Castle: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunbar Castle: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bass Castle: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fenton Tower: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Flight: Greenshed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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