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Kinnettles Castle

Visitors find Kinnettles Castle 2.6 km southwest of Forfar. Nearby, Glamis Castle (4.3 km) heads a list of 23 within 15 km.

Where
2.6 km
southwest of Forfar
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 19–19°C
In brief

Castle near Forfar

Just outside Forfar

Kinnettles Castle is 2.6 km southwest of Forfar. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Highs in Forfar reach 19°C in July and August.

Jan6° / 0°85 mm
Feb7° / 0°63 mm
Mar9° / 1°60 mm
Apr11° / 3°52 mm
May14° / 5°60 mm
Jun17° / 8°68 mm
Jul19° / 10°74 mm
Aug19° / 10°80 mm
Sep16° / 8°62 mm
Oct12° / 5°95 mm
Nov8° / 2°91 mm
Dec6° / 0°77 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Forfar, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Forfar. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Forfar’s full climate →
About

Kinnettles Castle

Type
Castle
Town
2.6 km southwest of Forfar
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Kinnettles Castle on the map

The places near Kinnettles Castle are numbered on the map in the order below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · 2.6 km northeast of it

Forfar

13,774 people · 7 places to visit

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Our list has 23 more within 15 km, among them 5 castles, a historic house and a museum.

1Historic houseGlamis Castle4.3 km away2MuseumMeffan Institute Museum & Gallery4.7 km away3CastleMains Castle14 km away4CastleCastleGuthrie Castle14 km away5CastlePowrie Castle12 km away6CastleCastleGardyne Castle15 km away7Abbey or prioryRestenneth Priory7.2 km away8CastleCastleAirlie Castle14 km away

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

Your questions on Kinnettles Castle

Where is Kinnettles Castle?

Kinnettles Castle is 2.6 km southwest of Forfar, Angus.

What is Kinnettles Castle?

Castle.

When is the best time to visit Kinnettles Castle?

July and August are the warmest months in Forfar, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Kinnettles Castle?

Within 15 km: Glamis Castle (4.3 km), Meffan Institute Museum & Gallery (4.7 km), Mains Castle (14 km) and Guthrie Castle (14 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 (5)

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