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Olderfleet Castle
Castle · Larne · Mid and East Antrim

Olderfleet Castle

Olderfleet Castle is one of the places to visit in Larne. Close by, within 5 km, are 3 more places to see. The first name on our list around it is Carrickfergus Castle, 14 km away.

Photo: Olderfleet Castle, Kenneth Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
In Larne
inside the settlement
How well known
Top 15%
#1,210 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Sep
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Castle in Larne

Inside Larne

Olderfleet Castle is inside Larne’s settlement, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The climate through the year

June to September are the warmest in Larne, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C.

Jan8° / 3°106 mm
Feb9° / 3°82 mm
Mar10° / 4°72 mm
Apr13° / 6°57 mm
May15° / 7°55 mm
Jun18° / 10°65 mm
Jul19° / 12°74 mm
Aug19° / 12°78 mm
Sep17° / 11°69 mm
Oct14° / 8°101 mm
Nov11° / 6°98 mm
Dec9° / 4°100 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Larne, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Larne. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Larne’s full climate →
About

Olderfleet Castle

7 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type
Castle
Wikipedias
Covered in 7 languages
Town
in Larne
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Where it sits

Numbered points are the places near Olderfleet Castle, which is in orange.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Larne’s settlement. · NISRA settlement development limit 2015

Towns near it

Towns around Olderfleet Castle, by distance

Of these 3 towns, the largest is Belfast (293,298 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

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  1. 1Larne
  2. 2Whitehead
  3. 3Belfast
1 · It’s in town

Larne

18,853 people · 9 places to visit

2 · 11 km southeast of it

Whitehead

3,537 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 29 km south of it

Belfast

293,298 people · 51 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns
TownWhere Olderfleet Castle isPeoplePlaces to visit
LarneIt’s in town18,8539
Whitehead11 km southeast of it3,5373
Belfast29 km south of it293,29851
Make a day of it

Other places close by

The 15 places within 15 km include 4 castles, 2 museums and an attraction.

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

What people ask about Olderfleet Castle

Where is Olderfleet Castle?

Olderfleet Castle is in Larne, Mid and East Antrim, inside the town’s settlement.

What is Olderfleet Castle?

Castle in the UK.

When is the best time to visit Olderfleet Castle?

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

What else is there to see near Olderfleet Castle?

Within 15 km: Carrickfergus Castle (14 km), Ballygally Castle (7.4 km), Larne Museum and Arts Centre (1.6 km) and Kilwaughter Castle (5.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (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)

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.