Castle · Maybole · South Ayrshire

Maybole Castle

Maybole Castle is part of what Maybole has to see. There are 2 other places to visit inside 5 km. Our list goes on with Culzean Castle, 6.8 km away.

Photo: Maybole Castle, Mary and Angus Hogg (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Maybole

inside the locality

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Castle in Maybole

Inside Maybole

Maybole Castle is inside Maybole’s locality, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Warm weather in Maybole runs June to August, with highs of 18–19°C.

Jan7° / 2°125 mm

Feb8° / 2°98 mm

Mar9° / 3°90 mm

Apr12° / 4°67 mm

May16° / 6°65 mm

Jun18° / 9°72 mm

Jul19° / 11°93 mm

Aug19° / 11°96 mm

Sep17° / 9°98 mm

Oct13° / 6°134 mm

Nov10° / 4°138 mm

Dec8° / 2°135 mm

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

About

Maybole Castle

It has articles in 4 Wikipedias.

Type: Castle
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Maybole

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

The map

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

Towns near it

The towns around Maybole Castle

Ayr tops the 3 for size, at 46,209 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Maybole

4,333 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 12 km north of it

Ayr

46,209 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 17 km southwest of it

Girvan

6,317 people · 1 place to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Maybole Castle is	People	Places to visit
Maybole	It’s in town	4,333	4
Ayr	12 km north of it	46,209	9
Girvan	17 km southwest of it	6,317	1

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Among the 18 within 15 km are 4 castles, a historic house and an abbey or priory.

1Historic houseHistoric house · National Trust for ScotlandCulzean Castle6.8 km away 2

Abbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandCrossraguel Abbey3.1 km away 3

CathedralAyr Cathedral13 km away 4CastleCastleTurnberry Castle11 km away 5CastleCastleBlairquhan Castle7.8 km away 6CastleCastleDunure Castle7.6 km away 7

CastleDunduff Castle7 km away 8

Museum · National Trust for ScotlandRobert Burns Birthplace Museum8.6 km away

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

Your questions on Maybole Castle

Where is Maybole Castle?

Maybole Castle is in Maybole, South Ayrshire, inside the town’s locality.

What is Maybole Castle?

Castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Maybole Castle?

June to August are the warmest months in Maybole, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Maybole Castle?

Within 15 km: Culzean Castle (6.8 km), Crossraguel Abbey (3.1 km), Ayr Cathedral (13 km) and Turnberry Castle (11 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 (5)

Maybole Castle: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crossraguel Abbey: PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ayr Cathedral: Aweepoof, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunduff Castle: Dunduff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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