Lickleyhead Castle
Lickleyhead Castle is a castle located south of Auchleven. It stands 3.7 km south of Insch. Officially, it is a category A listed building.
Castle near Insch
Just outside Insch
Lickleyhead Castle is 3.7 km south of Insch. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Insch has 5 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
Afternoons in Insch are warmest in July and August, at 18–19°C.
Lickleyhead Castle
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 4 languages. There are 18 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Dunnideer Castle (4.7 km).
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 3.7 km south of Insch
Finding Lickleyhead Castle
Numbered points are the places near Lickleyhead Castle, which is in orange.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Where people come from
Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Insch
Make a day of it near Lickleyhead Castle
Among the 18 within 15 km are 7 castles and a museum.
CastleDunnideer Castle4.7 km away2
CastleLeslie Castle3 km away3
CastleCastle Forbes4.6 km away4
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandCastle Fraser15 km away5CastleCastle · National Trust for ScotlandLeith Hall11 km away6
CastleCastle of Balquhain10 km away7
CastleCluny Castle13 km away8
MuseumGrampian Transport Museum9.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Lickleyhead Castle
Where is Lickleyhead Castle?
Lickleyhead Castle is 3.7 km south of Insch, Aberdeenshire.
What is Lickleyhead Castle?
Castle located south of Auchleven in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Lickleyhead Castle?
July and August are the warmest months in Insch, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Lickleyhead Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Lickleyhead Castle?
Within 15 km: Dunnideer Castle (4.7 km), Leslie Castle (3 km), Castle Forbes (4.6 km) and Castle Fraser (15 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)
- Lickleyhead Castle: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunnideer Castle: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie Castle: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Forbes: Gilbert Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Fraser: Karora, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle of Balquhain: Greg Stringham, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cluny Castle: Cosmolinzeegordon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grampian Transport Museum: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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