Liberton Tower
Liberton Tower is a four-storey, square-plan tower house in Edinburgh. Its status is a category A listed building. Add Edinburgh Castle, 4.1 km away, to a visit; it leads 160 places within 15 km.
Castle in Edinburgh
Inside Edinburgh
Liberton Tower is inside Edinburgh’s locality, with 92 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Edinburgh has 4,435 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
Highs of 18–20°C mark June to August in Edinburgh.
Liberton Tower
Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Edinburgh
Where Liberton Tower is
The numbers show what else is near Liberton Tower, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Edinburgh’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Staying near Liberton Tower
Edinburgh is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (493,794 people). The list runs from its own town outward.
Edinburgh
Loanhead
Danderhall
Bonnyrigg
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Liberton Tower is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | It’s in town | 493,794 | 150 |
| Loanhead | 3 km south of it | 7,007 | 16 |
| Danderhall | 3.7 km east of it | 3,389 | 21 |
| Bonnyrigg | 4.6 km southeast of it | 18,088 | 16 |
More to see nearby
Nearby, 160 places within 15 km include 2 castles, 2 art galleries and a historic house.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle4.1 km away2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery4.2 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse4.3 km away4
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland3.7 km away5
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral4 km away6
Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery4.7 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)7
Abbey or prioryHolyrood Abbey4.3 km away8
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCraigmillar Castle2.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Liberton Tower
Where is Liberton Tower?
Liberton Tower is in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, inside the town’s locality.
What is Liberton Tower?
Four-storey, square-plan tower house in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Liberton Tower?
June to August are the warmest months in Edinburgh, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Liberton Tower a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Liberton Tower?
Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (4.1 km), National Gallery (4.2 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (4.3 km) and National Museum of Scotland (3.7 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)
- Liberton Tower: Mrabbits at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holyrood Abbey: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craigmillar Castle: Photograph by Stuart Yeates, from en:Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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