Castle · near Newtonhill · Aberdeenshire

Muchalls Castle

Look for Muchalls Castle 1.5 km southwest of Newtonhill. The register lists it as a category A listed building. There are 13 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Dunnottar Castle (8 km).

Photo: Muchalls Castle, Anlace at English Wikipedia (Public domain)

Where

1.5 km

southwest of Newtonhill

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 18–18°C

In brief

Castle near Newtonhill

Just outside Newtonhill

Muchalls Castle is 1.5 km southwest of Newtonhill. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Newtonhill has 3 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

A month-by-month guide

Afternoons in Newtonhill are warmest in July and August, at 18°C.

Jan7° / 1°67 mm

Feb8° / 2°54 mm

Mar9° / 3°51 mm

Apr11° / 4°50 mm

May13° / 6°46 mm

Jun15° / 9°77 mm

Jul18° / 11°64 mm

Aug18° / 10°74 mm

Sep16° / 9°73 mm

Oct13° / 7°92 mm

Nov9° / 4°89 mm

Dec7° / 1°70 mm

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

About

Muchalls Castle

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages.

Newtonhill’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 1.5 km southwest of Newtonhill
Official site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muchalls_Castle

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

The map

The area around Muchalls Castle

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Muchalls Castle is the orange one.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

The largest of the 7 towns is Aberdeen, with 192,968 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · 1.5 km northeast of it

Newtonhill

3,182 people · 1 place to visit

2 · 3.6 km southwest of it

Stonehaven

11,164 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 4.3 km northeast of it

Portlethen

8,965 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 10 km north of it

Milltimber

3,049 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Muchalls Castle is	People	Places to visit
Newtonhill	1.5 km northeast of it	3,182	1
Stonehaven	3.6 km southwest of it	11,164	6
Portlethen	4.3 km northeast of it	8,965	3
Milltimber	10 km north of it	3,049	6
Peterculter	11 km northwest of it	4,359	5
Cove Bay	11 km northeast of it	7,926	12
Aberdeen	15 km north of it	192,968	21

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Muchalls Castle

Nearby, 13 places within 15 km include 3 castles, 3 museums and a cathedral.

CastleDunnottar Castle8 km away 2

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandDrum Castle13 km away 3

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral15 km away 4

CastleFetteresso Castle8 km away 5

MuseumTolbooth Museum6.5 km away 6

MuseumBlairs Museum9.1 km away 7

MuseumThe Gordon Highlanders Museum13 km away 8

GardenDrum Castle Rose Garden13 km away

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

Muchalls Castle in questions

Where is Muchalls Castle?

Muchalls Castle is 1.5 km southwest of Newtonhill, Aberdeenshire.

What is Muchalls Castle?

Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Muchalls Castle?

July and August are the warmest months in Newtonhill, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Muchalls Castle a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Muchalls Castle?

Within 15 km: Dunnottar Castle (8 km), Drum Castle (13 km), St Mary's Cathedral (15 km) and Fetteresso Castle (8 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)

Muchalls Castle: Anlace at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Dunnottar Castle: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Drum Castle: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fetteresso Castle: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tolbooth Museum: Panama1958, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blairs Museum: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Gordon Highlanders Museum: LindaAnn08, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Drum Castle Rose Garden: Watty62, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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