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Mains Castle

Mains Castle is a castle in Dundee City. The register lists it as a category A listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 34 more places, RRS Discovery (3.2 km) first on our list.

Photo: Mains Castle, Ydam (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Dundee

inside the locality

How well known

Top 8%

#682 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Castle in Dundee

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#682 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (10 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Dundee

Mains Castle is inside Dundee’s locality, with 21 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Dundee has 853 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

Warm months and wet ones

Warmest in Dundee are June to August, at 17–19°C.

Jan7° / 1°71 mm

Feb7° / 1°57 mm

Mar9° / 2°52 mm

Apr12° / 4°48 mm

May15° / 6°54 mm

Jun17° / 9°65 mm

Jul19° / 11°73 mm

Aug19° / 11°76 mm

Sep17° / 9°56 mm

Oct13° / 6°89 mm

Nov9° / 3°73 mm

Dec7° / 1°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Dundee, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Dundee. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Dundee’s full climate →

About

Mains Castle

It is written up in 10 Wikipedias.

Dundee’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 10 languages
Town: in Dundee
Official site: mainscastle.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mains Castle at a glance

Find Mains Castle in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Mains Castle

Largest of the 6 is Dundee, home to 147,365. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Dundee

147,365 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 4.5 km south of it

Newport-on-Tay and Wormit

4,119 people · 24 places to visit

3 · 6.4 km southeast of it

Tayport

3,967 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 8.1 km east of it

Monifieth

9,356 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Mains Castle is	People	Places to visit
Dundee	It’s in town	147,365	32
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit	4.5 km south of it	4,119	24
Tayport	6.4 km southeast of it	3,967	16
Monifieth	8.1 km east of it	9,356	4
Carnoustie	15 km east of it	11,373	1
Forfar	18 km north of it	13,774	7

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Our list has 34 more within 15 km, among them 3 castles, 2 cathedrals and 2 museums.

1Historic shipHistoric shipRRS Discovery3.2 km away 2

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee3.3 km away 3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee2.8 km away 4

MuseumV&A Dundee3.2 km away 5

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandClaypotts Castle4.3 km away 6

MuseumHMS Unicorn2.7 km away 7

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBroughty Castle6 km away 8

CastleDudhope Castle2.8 km away

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

Know before you visit Mains Castle

Where is Mains Castle?

Mains Castle is in Dundee, Dundee City, inside the town’s locality.

What is Mains Castle?

Castle in Dundee City, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Mains Castle?

June to August are the warmest months in Dundee, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Mains Castle a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Mains Castle?

Within 15 km: RRS Discovery (3.2 km), St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (3.3 km), St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (2.8 km) and V&A Dundee (3.2 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)

Mains Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
V&A Dundee: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Claypotts Castle: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Unicorn: ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Broughty Castle: TimVickers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Dudhope Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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