Castle · near Perth · Perth and Kinross

Scone Palace

Scone Palace is a castle owned by the Earl of Mansfield in Perth and Kinross. Its status is a category A listed building. There are 16 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with St Ninian's Cathedral (2.7 km).

Photo: Scone Palace, Peter Hodge (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

700 m

north of Perth

How well known

Top 4%

#309 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Castle near Perth

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

#309 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (17 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Perth

Scone Palace is 700 m north of Perth. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Perth has 357 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

Picking your season

For warmth, aim for June to August (18–20°C highs in Perth).

Jan7° / 0°84 mm

Feb7° / 1°62 mm

Mar10° / 2°58 mm

Apr12° / 3°48 mm

May16° / 6°54 mm

Jun18° / 9°68 mm

Jul20° / 11°76 mm

Aug19° / 11°85 mm

Sep17° / 9°59 mm

Oct13° / 5°93 mm

Nov9° / 3°78 mm

Dec7° / 1°82 mm

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

About

Scone Palace

Articles on it exist in 17 languages.

Perth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 17 languages
Town: 700 m north of Perth
Official site: scone-palace.co.uk

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

The map

Its place on the map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Scone Palace is the orange one.

Towns near it

The towns around Scone Palace

Home to 147,365 people, Dundee is the largest of these 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 700 m south of it

Perth

47,885 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km east of it

Scone

5,219 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 9.2 km south of it

Bridge of Earn

2,917 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 19 km north of it

Blairgowrie

9,439 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Scone Palace is	People	Places to visit
Perth	700 m south of it	47,885	15
Scone	1.3 km east of it	5,219	12
Bridge of Earn	9.2 km south of it	2,917	7
Blairgowrie	19 km north of it	9,439	2
Auchterarder	22 km southwest of it	6,058	2
Crieff	25 km west of it	7,136	7
Dundee	30 km east of it	147,365	32
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit	30 km east of it	4,119	24

Make a day of it

What else is near Scone Palace

A visit can add 3 castles, a cathedral and an abbey or priory, from 16 places within 15 km.

1CathedralCathedralSt Ninian's Cathedral2.7 km away 2

Abbey or prioryScone Abbey200 m away 3

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandHuntingtower Castle3.4 km away 4

CastleBalhousie Castle2.2 km away 5

Art galleryPerth Art Gallery2.8 km away 6

MuseumPerth Museum3.1 km away 7

Historic houseMethven Castle7.2 km away 8

CastleElcho Castle7.5 km away

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

Visiting Scone Palace

Where is Scone Palace?

Scone Palace is 700 m north of Perth, Perth and Kinross.

What is Scone Palace?

Castle owned by the Earl of Mansfield in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Scone Palace?

June to August are the warmest months in Perth, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Scone Palace a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Scone Palace?

Within 15 km: St Ninian's Cathedral (2.7 km), Scone Abbey (200 m), Huntingtower Castle (3.4 km) and Balhousie Castle (2.2 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 (8)

Scone Palace: Peter Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scone Abbey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Huntingtower Castle: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Balhousie Castle: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Perth Art Gallery: Dudesleeper at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Perth Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Methven Castle: Arthur Bruce, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elcho Castle: Slink pink at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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