Castle · near Eaglesham · East Renfrewshire

Polnoon Castle

Look for Polnoon Castle 800 m southeast of Eaglesham. The register lists it as a scheduled monument. Close by, Glasgow School of Art is 15 km away, one of 76 within 15 km.

Photo: Polnoon Castle, Rosser1954 Roger Griffith (Public domain)

Where

800 m

southeast of Eaglesham

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 18–18°C

In brief

Castle near Eaglesham

Just outside Eaglesham

Polnoon Castle is 800 m southeast of Eaglesham. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Eaglesham has 64 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

Weather, month by month

The warm months in Eaglesham are July and August, with 18°C highs.

Jan6° / 1°174 mm

Feb7° / 1°142 mm

Mar8° / 2°123 mm

Apr11° / 3°81 mm

May14° / 6°85 mm

Jun17° / 9°89 mm

Jul18° / 10°106 mm

Aug18° / 10°121 mm

Sep16° / 8°120 mm

Oct12° / 5°165 mm

Nov9° / 3°158 mm

Dec6° / 1°176 mm

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

About

Polnoon Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 4 languages.

Eaglesham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 800 m southeast of Eaglesham

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

The map

The way to Polnoon Castle

Use the numbers to match each place near Polnoon Castle with the list.

Towns near it

Towns close to Polnoon Castle

East Kilbride is the biggest of the 5 bases nearby (76,626 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · 800 m northwest of it

Eaglesham

3,475 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km northeast of it

East Kilbride

76,626 people · 16 places to visit

3 · 4.3 km north of it

Busby

3,351 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 4.5 km north of it

Clarkston

9,486 people · 19 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Polnoon Castle is	People	Places to visit
Eaglesham	800 m northwest of it	3,475	7
East Kilbride	1.5 km northeast of it	76,626	16
Busby	4.3 km north of it	3,351	14
Clarkston	4.5 km north of it	9,486	19
Newton Mearns	4.7 km northwest of it	28,447	17

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Polnoon Castle

Within 15 km are 76 places, among them 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery.

MuseumGlasgow School of Art15 km away 2

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum15 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)3

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral14 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art14 km away · 596K visitors a year 5

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral13 km away 6

MuseumPeople's Palace13 km away · 290K visitors a year 7

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBothwell Castle13 km away 8

Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandPollok House11 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Polnoon Castle?

Polnoon Castle is 800 m southeast of Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire.

What is Polnoon Castle?

Castle in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Polnoon Castle?

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

Is Polnoon Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Polnoon Castle?

Within 15 km: Glasgow School of Art (15 km), Riverside Museum (15 km), Glasgow Cathedral (14 km) and Gallery of Modern Art (14 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)

Polnoon Castle: Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, 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
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
People's Palace: Emmi Hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bothwell Castle: James Mérigot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Pollok House: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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