Guest, Sign inJoin
Knock Castle
Castle · near Largs · North Ayrshire

Knock Castle

Knock Castle stands 1.2 km north of Largs. It is protected as a category A listed building. Our list has 28 more places within 15 km; first among them is Cathedral of The Isles, at 8.3 km.

Photo: Knock Castle, wfmillar (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
1.2 km
north of Largs
How well known
Top 34%
#2,866 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 18–18°C
In brief

Castle near Largs

Just outside Largs

Knock Castle is 1.2 km north of Largs. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Largs has 49 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 seasons here

Highs in Largs reach 18°C in July and August.

Jan7° / 3°165 mm
Feb7° / 2°150 mm
Mar8° / 3°135 mm
Apr11° / 4°105 mm
May14° / 7°94 mm
Jun17° / 10°99 mm
Jul18° / 11°121 mm
Aug18° / 11°144 mm
Sep15° / 10°134 mm
Oct12° / 7°184 mm
Nov9° / 4°173 mm
Dec7° / 2°180 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Largs, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Largs. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Largs’ full climate →
About

Knock Castle

Articles on it exist in 3 languages.

Largs’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Castle
Listed
Category A listed building
Wikipedias
Covered in 3 languages
Town
1.2 km north of Largs
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Knock Castle on the map

Numbered points are the places near Knock Castle, which is in orange.

12345678

© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 1.2 km south of it

Largs

10,916 people · 10 places to visit

Make a day of it

Also near Knock Castle

Within 15 km you can add 6 castles, a cathedral and a historic house.

1CathedralCathedral of The Isles8.3 km away2CastleRothesay Castle11 km away3CastleKelburn Castle6.7 km away4CastleSkelmorlie Castle2.8 km away5Historic houseMount Stuart House9.2 km away6CastleArdgowan Castle10 km away7CastleCastleWee Cumbrae Castle12 km away8CastlePortencross Castle14 km away

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

Asked about Knock Castle

Where is Knock Castle?

Knock Castle is 1.2 km north of Largs, North Ayrshire.

What is Knock Castle?

Castle in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Knock Castle?

July and August are the warmest months in Largs, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Knock Castle a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Knock Castle?

Within 15 km: Cathedral of The Isles (8.3 km), Rothesay Castle (11 km), Kelburn Castle (6.7 km) and Skelmorlie Castle (2.8 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)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.