Greenan Castle
Greenan Castle is a castle in South Ayrshire. It lies 100 m southwest of Ayr. Its status is a scheduled monument.
Castle near Ayr
Just outside Ayr
Greenan Castle is 100 m southwest of Ayr. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Ayr has 411 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
Warm weather in Ayr runs June to August, with highs of 18–19°C.
Greenan Castle
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 4 languages. Around it, within 15 km, lie 16 more places, Ayr Cathedral (4 km) first on our list.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 100 m southwest of Ayr
Where it sits
The places near Greenan Castle are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns close to Greenan Castle
In size, Ayr comes first of the 3, with 46,209 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Combine it with these
Around it, within 15 km, lie 16 more, including 3 castles, 2 cathedrals and a historic house.
CathedralAyr Cathedral4 km away2Historic houseHistoric house · National Trust for ScotlandCulzean Castle12 km away3
Museum · National Trust for ScotlandRobert Burns Birthplace Museum2.5 km away4
Abbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandCrossraguel Abbey12 km away5
CastleDunduff Castle5 km away6CastleCastleDunure Castle6.9 km away7
CathedralGood Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr5.7 km away8
CastleSundrum Castle10 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Greenan Castle
Where is Greenan Castle?
Greenan Castle is 100 m southwest of Ayr, South Ayrshire.
What is Greenan Castle?
Castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Greenan Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Ayr, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Greenan Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Greenan Castle?
Within 15 km: Ayr Cathedral (4 km), Culzean Castle (12 km), Robert Burns Birthplace Museum (2.5 km) and Crossraguel Abbey (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 (7)
- Greenan Castle: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ayr Cathedral: Aweepoof, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Burns Birthplace Museum: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crossraguel Abbey: PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunduff Castle: Dunduff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sundrum Castle: G Montgomery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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