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North West Castle
Castle · Stranraer · Dumfries and Galloway

North West Castle

North West Castle is a castle in Dumfries and Galloway. Within the locality of Stranraer, it is one of the places to visit. Look also at Castle of St John, 300 m away, first of 6 more within 15 km.

Photo: North West Castle, R lee (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
In Stranraer
inside the locality
How well known
Top 28%
#2,392 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Aug
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Castle in Stranraer

Inside Stranraer

North West Castle is inside Stranraer’s locality, with 3 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

Weather, month by month

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

Jan7° / 2°120 mm
Feb8° / 2°93 mm
Mar10° / 3°89 mm
Apr12° / 4°70 mm
May15° / 7°70 mm
Jun17° / 9°75 mm
Jul19° / 11°85 mm
Aug19° / 11°94 mm
Sep17° / 10°94 mm
Oct13° / 7°140 mm
Nov10° / 4°137 mm
Dec8° / 3°135 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Stranraer, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Stranraer. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Stranraer’s full climate →
About

North West Castle

It has articles in 3 Wikipedias.

Type
Castle
Wikipedias
Covered in 3 languages
Town
in Stranraer
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

North West Castle on the map

On this map, North West Castle is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Stranraer’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Stranraer

9,729 people · 4 places to visit

Make a day of it

Next door to North West Castle

4 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum are among the 6 within 15 km.

1CastleCastle of St John300 m away2CastleCastleLochnaw Castle7.5 km away3Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryGlenluce Abbey12 km away4CastleCastle Kennedy4.6 km away5CastleCastleCastle of Park13 km away6MuseumStranraer Museum400 m away

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

North West Castle: common questions

Where is North West Castle?

North West Castle is in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, inside the town’s locality.

What is North West Castle?

Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit North West Castle?

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

What else is there to see near North West Castle?

Within 15 km: Castle of St John (300 m), Lochnaw Castle (7.5 km), Glenluce Abbey (12 km) and Castle Kennedy (4.6 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 (4)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.