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Historic house · near Oban · Argyll and Bute

Torosay Castle

Torosay Castle is a country house on Mull, Argyll and Bute. You will find it 14 km west of Oban. The register lists it as a category A listed building.

Where
14 km
west of Oban
How well known
Top 15%
#1,210 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 18–18°C
In brief

Historic house near Oban

Near Oban

Torosay Castle is 14 km west of Oban. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Oban has 77 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

Seasons and weather

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

Jan7° / 2°223 mm
Feb7° / 2°169 mm
Mar9° / 3°150 mm
Apr12° / 4°101 mm
May15° / 7°102 mm
Jun17° / 9°106 mm
Jul18° / 11°122 mm
Aug18° / 11°142 mm
Sep16° / 10°154 mm
Oct13° / 7°201 mm
Nov10° / 4°193 mm
Dec7° / 2°215 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Oban, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Oban. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Oban’s full climate →
About

Torosay Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 7 languages. A short trip away is Duart Castle, 2 km off, the first of 10 within 15 km.

Oban’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Historic house
Listed
Category A listed building
Wikipedias
Covered in 7 languages
Town
14 km west of Oban
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Map of Torosay Castle and nearby

Orange shows Torosay Castle; numbers mark the places near it.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Towns close to Torosay Castle

All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · 14 km east of it

Oban

7,994 people · 12 places to visit

Make a day of it

Pair Torosay Castle with these

Our list has 10 more within 15 km, among them 4 castles, 2 cathedrals and 2 museums.

1CastleCastleDuart Castle2 km away2CathedralCathedralSt Columba's Cathedral13 km away3CastleDunollie Castle13 km away4CathedralSt John's Cathedral14 km away5CastleGylen Castle12 km away6CastleCastleAchadun Castle8.5 km away7MuseumMuseumDunollie Museum13 km away8MuseumOban War & Peace Museum14 km away

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

What people ask about Torosay Castle

Where is Torosay Castle?

Torosay Castle is 14 km west of Oban, Argyll and Bute.

What is Torosay Castle?

Country house on Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Torosay Castle?

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

Is Torosay Castle a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Torosay Castle?

Within 15 km: Duart Castle (2 km), St Columba's Cathedral (13 km), Dunollie Castle (13 km) and St John's Cathedral (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 (4)

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.