Melville Castle
Melville Castle is a historic house; it lies 500 m west of Dalkeith. It is on the official list as a category A listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 152 more places, Edinburgh Castle (8.8 km) first on our list.
Historic house near Dalkeith
Just outside Dalkeith
Melville Castle is 500 m west of Dalkeith. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Dalkeith has 168 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The seasons here
Aim for June to August, when Dalkeith reaches 17–19°C.
Melville Castle
6 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Historic house
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- 500 m west of Dalkeith
The area around Melville Castle
Orange is Melville Castle; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Staying near Melville Castle
By population, Edinburgh leads the 8 with 493,794. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Dalkeith
Bonnyrigg
Danderhall
Edinburgh
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Melville Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalkeith | 500 m east of it | 15,125 | 18 |
| Bonnyrigg | 800 m south of it | 18,088 | 16 |
| Danderhall | 1.6 km north of it | 3,389 | 21 |
| Edinburgh | 1.7 km northwest of it | 493,794 | 150 |
| Loanhead | 2.4 km west of it | 7,007 | 16 |
| Mayfield | 2.6 km southeast of it | 14,259 | 15 |
| Musselburgh | 4.6 km northeast of it | 21,476 | 21 |
| Gorebridge | 4.6 km southeast of it | 8,900 | 11 |
Also near Melville Castle
Within 15 km you can add 2 castles, 2 art galleries and a historic house.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle8.8 km away2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery8.8 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse8.1 km away4
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland8.2 km away5
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral8.4 km away6
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCraigmillar Castle4.5 km away7
Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery9.1 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)8
Abbey or prioryHolyrood Abbey8.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Melville Castle, answered
Where is Melville Castle?
Melville Castle is 500 m west of Dalkeith, Midlothian.
What is Melville Castle?
Mansion in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Melville Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Dalkeith, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Melville Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Melville Castle?
Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (8.8 km), National Gallery (8.8 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (8.1 km) and National Museum of Scotland (8.2 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 (9)
- Melville Castle: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Craigmillar Castle: Photograph by Stuart Yeates, from en:Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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