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Castle · near Biggar · South Lanarkshire

Drochil Castle

Visitors find Drochil Castle 13 km northeast of Biggar. The register lists it as a scheduled monument. Nearby, Neidpath Castle (8 km) heads a list of 14 within 15 km.

Where
13 km
northeast of Biggar
How well known
Top 15%
#1,210 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 18–19°C
In brief

Castle near Biggar

Near Biggar

Drochil Castle is 13 km northeast of Biggar. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Biggar has 100 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 year in Biggar

In Biggar, July and August are the warmest, at 18–19°C in the afternoon.

Jan6° / 0°92 mm
Feb6° / 0°81 mm
Mar8° / 1°65 mm
Apr11° / 3°54 mm
May15° / 5°56 mm
Jun17° / 8°64 mm
Jul19° / 10°76 mm
Aug18° / 10°83 mm
Sep16° / 8°70 mm
Oct12° / 5°95 mm
Nov8° / 2°91 mm
Dec6° / 0°101 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Biggar, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Biggar. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Biggar’s full climate →
About

Drochil Castle

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 7 languages.

Biggar’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Castle
Listed
Scheduled monument
Wikipedias
Covered in 7 languages
Town
13 km northeast of Biggar
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Finding Drochil Castle

Drochil Castle sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Towns that count Drochil Castle

They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · 13 km southwest of it

Biggar

2,751 people · 4 places to visit

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Within 15 km are 14 places, among them 4 castles, 3 gardens and a museum.

1CastleNeidpath Castle8 km away2GardenGardenDawyck Botanic Garden Visitor Centre8.3 km away3CastleVenlaw Castle9.3 km away4GardenGardenLittle Sparta12 km away5CastleHorsburgh Castle13 km away6GardenKailzie Gardens13 km away7CastleBoghall Castle14 km away8MuseumBiggar Gasworks Museum14 km away

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

Questions about Drochil Castle

Where is Drochil Castle?

Drochil Castle is 13 km northeast of Biggar, South Lanarkshire.

What is Drochil Castle?

Castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Drochil Castle?

July and August are the warmest months in Biggar, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Drochil Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Drochil Castle?

Within 15 km: Neidpath Castle (8 km), Dawyck Botanic Garden Visitor Centre (8.3 km), Venlaw Castle (9.3 km) and Little Sparta (12 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)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.