Palace · near St Andrews · Fife

Earlshall Castle

Earlshall Castle is a palace 5 km northwest of St Andrews. 47 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by St Andrews Castle (6.3 km).

Where

5 km

northwest of St Andrews

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Palace near St Andrews

Just outside St Andrews

Earlshall Castle is 5 km northwest of St Andrews. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The climate through the year

From June to September, St Andrews sees highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°72 mm

Feb8° / 2°55 mm

Mar10° / 2°50 mm

Apr12° / 4°44 mm

May15° / 6°52 mm

Jun18° / 9°62 mm

Jul20° / 11°63 mm

Aug19° / 11°75 mm

Sep17° / 9°53 mm

Oct13° / 6°81 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec7° / 1°65 mm

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

About

Earlshall Castle

Palace.

Type: Palace
Town: 5 km northwest of St Andrews

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

The map

Finding Earlshall Castle

The map centres on Earlshall Castle, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Bases near Earlshall Castle

Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · 5 km southeast of it

St Andrews

16,465 people · 15 places to visit

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Choose from 47 places within 15 km, such as 3 castles, 2 cathedrals and 2 museums.

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandSt Andrews Castle6.3 km away 2Historic shipHistoric shipRRS Discovery11 km away 3

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBroughty Castle9.3 km away 4

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee11 km away 5

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandClaypotts Castle11 km away 6

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee11 km away 7

MuseumV&A Dundee11 km away 8

MuseumR&A World Golf Museum5.7 km away

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

Earlshall Castle, answered

Where is Earlshall Castle?

Earlshall Castle is 5 km northwest of St Andrews, Fife.

What is Earlshall Castle?

Palace.

When is the best time to visit Earlshall Castle?

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

What else is there to see near Earlshall Castle?

Within 15 km: St Andrews Castle (6.3 km), RRS Discovery (11 km), Broughty Castle (9.3 km) and St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (11 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 (7)

St Andrews Castle: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Broughty Castle: TimVickers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Claypotts Castle: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
V&A Dundee: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
R&A World Golf Museum: B4bees from Kinross, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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