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Haggs Castle

Haggs Castle is a castle in Glasgow City. It is a category B listed building. Close by, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is 3.6 km away, one of 98 within 15 km.

Photo: Haggs Castle, Alexander Duff Robertson (Public domain)

Where

In Glasgow

inside the locality

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Castle in Glasgow

Inside Glasgow

Haggs Castle is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 56 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category B listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Glasgow has 1,795 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

Weather through the year

For warmth, aim for June to August (18–19°C highs in Glasgow).

Jan7° / 2°121 mm

Feb8° / 2°99 mm

Mar10° / 3°85 mm

Apr12° / 5°62 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°69 mm

Jul19° / 12°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°91 mm

Sep17° / 9°89 mm

Oct13° / 7°121 mm

Nov9° / 4°114 mm

Dec7° / 2°128 mm

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

About

Haggs Castle

Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages.

Glasgow’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Category B listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Glasgow

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

The map

Map of Haggs Castle and nearby

Find Haggs Castle in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns around Haggs Castle, by distance

Glasgow is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (617,904 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Glasgow

617,904 people · 101 places to visit

2 · 2.5 km south of it

Giffnock

11,963 people · 25 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km south of it

Thornliebank

4,084 people · 20 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km south of it

Netherlee

4,493 people · 19 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Haggs Castle is	People	Places to visit
Glasgow	It’s in town	617,904	101
Giffnock	2.5 km south of it	11,963	25
Thornliebank	2.9 km south of it	4,084	20
Netherlee	3.3 km south of it	4,493	19
Rutherglen	3.9 km east of it	31,185	51
Stamperland	4.2 km south of it	3,497	17
Clarkston	4.5 km south of it	9,486	19
Paisley	4.6 km west of it	79,351	27

Make a day of it

Beyond Haggs Castle

Among the 98 within 15 km are 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery.

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum3.6 km away · 1M visitors a year 2

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum3.3 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)3

MuseumGlasgow School of Art3.9 km away 4

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral4.8 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art3.8 km away · 596K visitors a year 6

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral3.4 km away 7MuseumMuseumThe Burrell Collection1 km away 8

Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandPollok House1.7 km away

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

Your questions on Haggs Castle

Where is Haggs Castle?

Haggs Castle is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.

What is Haggs Castle?

Castle in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Haggs Castle?

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

Is Haggs Castle a listed building?

Yes: category B listed building.

What else is there to see near Haggs Castle?

Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (3.6 km), Riverside Museum (3.3 km), Glasgow School of Art (3.9 km) and Glasgow Cathedral (4.8 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 (8)

Haggs Castle: Alexander Duff Robertson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pollok House: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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