Castle · near Irvine · North Ayrshire

Eglinton Castle

Set 500 m northwest of Irvine is Eglinton Castle. It counts as a category C listed building. 22 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Kilwinning Abbey (2.1 km).

Photo: Eglinton Castle, Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia (Public domain)

Where

500 m

northwest of Irvine

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Castle near Irvine

Just outside Irvine

Eglinton Castle is 500 m northwest of Irvine. Towns near it ↓

Category C listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Irvine has 128 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 weather, month by month

From June to August, Irvine sees highs of 18–19°C.

Jan8° / 2°112 mm

Feb8° / 2°91 mm

Mar10° / 3°84 mm

Apr13° / 5°63 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°74 mm

Jul19° / 12°89 mm

Aug19° / 11°102 mm

Sep17° / 10°91 mm

Oct14° / 7°126 mm

Nov10° / 4°120 mm

Dec8° / 2°123 mm

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

About

Eglinton Castle

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 5 languages.

Irvine’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Category C listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 500 m northwest of Irvine
Official site: north-ayrshire.gov.uk/leisure-parks-and-events/eglinton/eglinton-home.aspx

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

The map

Around Eglinton Castle, mapped

Orange is Eglinton Castle; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Eglinton Castle

By population, Irvine leads the 8 with 34,005. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 500 m southeast of it

Irvine

34,005 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 700 m northwest of it

Kilwinning

16,224 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 3.8 km west of it

Stevenston

8,658 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km southeast of it

Dreghorn

3,362 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Eglinton Castle is	People	Places to visit
Irvine	500 m southeast of it	34,005	11
Kilwinning	700 m northwest of it	16,224	10
Stevenston	3.8 km west of it	8,658	11
Dreghorn	4.1 km southeast of it	3,362	7
Saltcoats	7.1 km west of it	12,171	7
Crosshouse	8.3 km east of it	2,609	7
Dundonald	8.6 km southeast of it	2,579	4
Ardrossan	8.7 km west of it	10,338	6

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

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Eglinton Castle

The 22 places within 15 km include 5 castles, 2 museums and an abbey or priory.

Abbey or prioryKilwinning Abbey2.1 km away 2

CastleKerelaw Castle5.1 km away 3

MuseumScottish Maritime Museum3.6 km away 4

CastleDundonald Castle8.6 km away 5

CastleArdrossan Castle8.7 km away 6

CastleDean Castle12 km away 7

MuseumDalgarven Mill Museum of Country Life and Costume4.5 km away 8

CastleAuchans8.1 km away

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

Questions people have about Eglinton Castle

Where is Eglinton Castle?

Eglinton Castle is 500 m northwest of Irvine, North Ayrshire.

What is Eglinton Castle?

Mansion in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Eglinton Castle?

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

Is Eglinton Castle a listed building?

Yes: category C listed building.

What else is there to see near Eglinton Castle?

Within 15 km: Kilwinning Abbey (2.1 km), Kerelaw Castle (5.1 km), Scottish Maritime Museum (3.6 km) and Dundonald Castle (8.6 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)

Eglinton Castle: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Kilwinning Abbey: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kerelaw Castle: Rosser1954 - Roger Griffith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Scottish Maritime Museum: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Dundonald Castle: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ardrossan Castle: TravisNygard, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dean Castle: Fraser Sutherland, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Dalgarven Mill Museum of Country Life and Costume: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Auchans: Rosser1954, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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