Pollok Castle
The site of Pollok Castle is 100 m west of Newton Mearns. Around it, within 15 km, lie 85 more places, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (10 km) first on our list. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.
Castle near Newton Mearns
Just outside Newton Mearns
Pollok Castle is 100 m west of Newton Mearns. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather by the month
Expect highs of 18–19°C in Newton Mearns from June to August.
Pollok Castle
Castle in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.
- Type
- Castle
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 100 m west of Newton Mearns
The area around Pollok Castle
The orange dot is Pollok Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns around Pollok Castle, by distance
Largest of the 8 is Glasgow, home to 617,904. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Newton Mearns
Glasgow
Barrhead
Thornliebank
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Pollok Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Mearns | 100 m east of it | 28,447 | 17 |
| Glasgow | 1.5 km northeast of it | 617,904 | 101 |
| Barrhead | 1.6 km northwest of it | 17,608 | 15 |
| Thornliebank | 2.2 km northeast of it | 4,084 | 20 |
| Giffnock | 2.9 km northeast of it | 11,963 | 25 |
| Clarkston | 3.1 km east of it | 9,486 | 19 |
| Neilston | 3.6 km west of it | 5,459 | 4 |
| Stamperland | 4.7 km east of it | 3,497 | 17 |
After Pollok Castle
Choose from 85 places within 15 km, such as 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery.
Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum10 km away · 1M visitors a year2
Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum9.7 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)3
MuseumGlasgow School of Art11 km away4
CathedralGlasgow Cathedral12 km away5
Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art11 km away · 596K visitors a year6
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCrookston Castle5.8 km away7
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral10 km away8
Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandPollok House5.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Pollok Castle
Where is Pollok Castle?
Pollok Castle is 100 m west of Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire.
What is Pollok Castle?
Castle in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Pollok Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Newton Mearns, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Pollok Castle?
Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (10 km), Riverside Museum (9.7 km), Glasgow School of Art (11 km) and Glasgow Cathedral (12 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 (8)
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crookston Castle: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pollok House: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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