Castle · Stevenston · North Ayrshire

Kerelaw Castle

Among the sights of Stevenston is Kerelaw Castle. 5 more places to visit are within 5 km. It holds the status of a scheduled monument.

Photo: Kerelaw Castle, Rosser1954 - Roger Griffith (Public domain)

Where

In Stevenston

inside the locality

How well known

Top 22%

#1,855 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Castle in Stevenston

Inside Stevenston

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

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Stevenston has 16 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

From June to September, Stevenston sees highs of 17–19°C.

Jan8° / 2°119 mm

Feb9° / 3°88 mm

Mar10° / 3°85 mm

Apr13° / 5°64 mm

May16° / 7°69 mm

Jun18° / 10°73 mm

Jul19° / 12°87 mm

Aug19° / 12°102 mm

Sep17° / 10°91 mm

Oct14° / 7°124 mm

Nov11° / 5°119 mm

Dec8° / 3°124 mm

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

About

Kerelaw Castle

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages. A drive of 3.4 km reaches Kilwinning Abbey.

Stevenston’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Stevenston

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

The map

Map of Kerelaw Castle and nearby

Use the numbers to match each place near Kerelaw Castle with the list.

Towns near it

Staying near Kerelaw Castle

The largest of the 6 towns is Irvine, with 34,005 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Stevenston

8,658 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 1 km east of it

Kilwinning

16,224 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 1.2 km west of it

Saltcoats

12,171 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km west of it

Ardrossan

10,338 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Kerelaw Castle is	People	Places to visit
Stevenston	It’s in town	8,658	11
Kilwinning	1 km east of it	16,224	10
Saltcoats	1.2 km west of it	12,171	7
Ardrossan	2.7 km west of it	10,338	6
Irvine	4.3 km southeast of it	34,005	11
West Kilbride	8.1 km northwest of it	4,876	8

Make a day of it

While you are near Kerelaw Castle

Our list has 23 more within 15 km, among them 5 castles, 2 museums and an abbey or priory.

Abbey or prioryKilwinning Abbey3.4 km away 2

CastleArdrossan Castle3.7 km away 3

CastleEglinton Castle5.1 km away 4

CastleLaw Castle8 km away 5

CastleKelburn Castle15 km away 6

CastleBoydston Castle4.5 km away 7

MuseumDalgarven Mill Museum of Country Life and Costume4 km away 8

MuseumScottish Maritime Museum6.4 km away

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

Kerelaw Castle, answered

Where is Kerelaw Castle?

Kerelaw Castle is in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, inside the town’s locality.

What is Kerelaw Castle?

Castle.

When is the best time to visit Kerelaw Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Stevenston, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Kerelaw Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Kerelaw Castle?

Within 15 km: Kilwinning Abbey (3.4 km), Ardrossan Castle (3.7 km), Eglinton Castle (5.1 km) and Law Castle (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 (9)

Kerelaw Castle: Rosser1954 - Roger Griffith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Kilwinning Abbey: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ardrossan Castle: TravisNygard, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eglinton Castle: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Law Castle: David Neale, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelburn Castle: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Boydston Castle: James Paterson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Dalgarven Mill Museum of Country Life and Costume: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Scottish Maritime Museum: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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