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Scalloway Castle
Castle · near Lerwick · Shetland Islands

Scalloway Castle

Scalloway Castle is a tower house. Its location is 4.8 km west of Lerwick. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Scalloway Castle, Tom Pennington (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
4.8 km
west of Lerwick
How well known
Top 7%
#578 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 15–16°C
In brief

Castle near Lerwick

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#578 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (12 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Lerwick

Scalloway Castle is 4.8 km west of Lerwick. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Lerwick has 101 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

Warm months and wet ones

Expect 15–16°C highs in Lerwick in July and August.

Jan7° / 2°145 mm
Feb7° / 2°118 mm
Mar8° / 3°105 mm
Apr9° / 4°64 mm
May12° / 6°53 mm
Jun14° / 8°55 mm
Jul15° / 10°63 mm
Aug16° / 10°82 mm
Sep14° / 9°101 mm
Oct11° / 7°126 mm
Nov9° / 5°139 mm
Dec7° / 3°146 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Lerwick, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Lerwick. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Lerwick’s full climate →
About

Scalloway Castle

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 12 languages. There are 5 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Shetland Museum and Archives (7.3 km).

Lerwick’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Castle
Listed
Scheduled monument
Wikipedias
Covered in 12 languages
Town
4.8 km west of Lerwick
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

The map

Orange marks Scalloway Castle, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Which towns are near Scalloway Castle

The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 4.8 km east of it

Lerwick

6,714 people · 7 places to visit

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Scalloway Castle

Of the 5 within 15 km, look for 4 museums and a fort.

1MuseumShetland Museum and Archives7.3 km away2FortFort Charlotte7.5 km away3MuseumMuseumScalloway Museum1.2 km away4MuseumMuseumShetland Textile Museum7.2 km away5MuseumMuseumBressay Heritage Centre8.8 km away

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

Visiting Scalloway Castle: the answers

Where is Scalloway Castle?

Scalloway Castle is 4.8 km west of Lerwick, Shetland Islands.

What is Scalloway Castle?

Tower house in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Scalloway Castle?

July and August are the warmest months in Lerwick, with afternoon highs of 15–16°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Scalloway Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Scalloway Castle?

Within 15 km: Shetland Museum and Archives (7.3 km), Fort Charlotte (7.5 km), Scalloway Museum (1.2 km) and Shetland Textile Museum (7.2 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 (3)

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.