Oxenfoord Castle
Oxenfoord Castle is a country house. Its address puts it 3.1 km east of Mayfield. Officially, it is a category A listed building.
Castle near Mayfield
Just outside Mayfield
Oxenfoord Castle is 3.1 km east of Mayfield. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Mayfield has 13 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
The warmest stretch in Mayfield is June to August, at 17–19°C in the afternoon.
Oxenfoord Castle
Articles on it exist in 4 languages. Top of the 53 other places within 15 km is Palace of Holyroodhouse, 15 km off.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 3.1 km east of Mayfield
- Official site
- oxenfoord.co.uk
Oxenfoord Castle on the map
Orange shows Oxenfoord Castle; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns that count Oxenfoord Castle
Of these 3 towns, the largest is Dalkeith (15,125 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
While you are near Oxenfoord Castle
Choose from 53 places within 15 km, such as 5 castles, 2 abbeys or priories and a historic house.
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse15 km away2
CastleBorthwick Castle6 km away3
Abbey or prioryHolyrood Abbey15 km away4
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCrichton Castle4.4 km away5
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCraigmillar Castle11 km away6
Abbey or prioryNewbattle Abbey5.5 km away7
CastleDalhousie Castle6.7 km away8
CastleDalkeith Palace6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Oxenfoord Castle?
Oxenfoord Castle is 3.1 km east of Mayfield, Midlothian.
What is Oxenfoord Castle?
Country house in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Oxenfoord Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Mayfield, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Oxenfoord Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Oxenfoord Castle?
Within 15 km: Palace of Holyroodhouse (15 km), Borthwick Castle (6 km), Holyrood Abbey (15 km) and Crichton Castle (4.4 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)
- Oxenfoord Castle: Richard West, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Borthwick Castle: Peter van der Wielen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holyrood Abbey: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crichton Castle: James Duffield Harding, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Craigmillar Castle: Photograph by Stuart Yeates, from en:Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newbattle Abbey: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalhousie Castle: RHaworth, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalkeith Palace: Benbilgri at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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