Loudoun Castle
Loudoun Castle is a country house. You will find it 900 m northeast of Galston. Its status is a category A listed building.
Castle near Galston
Just outside Galston
Loudoun Castle is 900 m northeast of Galston. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Galston has 11 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
Warm weather in Galston runs June to August, with highs of 17–19°C.
Loudoun Castle
It is written up in 4 Wikipedias. Look also at Barr Castle, 1.4 km away, first of 21 more within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 900 m northeast of Galston
The area around Loudoun Castle
Loudoun Castle sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns a short way from Loudoun Castle
By population, Galston leads the 4 with 4,527. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
Galston
Newmilns
Hurlford and Crookedholm
Darvel
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Loudoun Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galston | 900 m southwest of it | 4,527 | 7 |
| Newmilns | 1.5 km east of it | 2,559 | 9 |
| Hurlford and Crookedholm | 4.6 km west of it | 4,360 | 10 |
| Darvel | 4.8 km east of it | 3,701 | 6 |
Also within reach
Within 15 km you can add 7 castles and a museum.
CastleBarr Castle1.4 km away2
CastleDean Castle7.1 km away3
MuseumDick Institute7.4 km away4
CastleNewmilns Tower3 km away5
CastleCraufurdland Castle5.9 km away6
CastleRowallan Castle8.5 km away7
CastleDundonald Castle15 km away8
CastleCaprington Castle10 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Loudoun Castle in questions
Where is Loudoun Castle?
Loudoun Castle is 900 m northeast of Galston, East Ayrshire.
What is Loudoun Castle?
Country house in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Loudoun Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Galston, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Loudoun Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Loudoun Castle?
Within 15 km: Barr Castle (1.4 km), Dean Castle (7.1 km), Dick Institute (7.4 km) and Newmilns Tower (3 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)
- Loudoun Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barr Castle: Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Castle: Fraser Sutherland, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Institute: Peter Mabon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newmilns Tower: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craufurdland Castle: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rowallan Castle: Sagereid, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dundonald Castle: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caprington Castle: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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