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Turnberry Castle

Visitors find Turnberry Castle 9.8 km north of Girvan. It is a scheduled monument. Add Culzean Castle, 4.7 km away, to a visit; it leads 10 places within 15 km.

Where
9.8 km
north of Girvan
How well known
Top 12%
#1,023 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Aug
highs of 18–19°C
In brief

Castle near Girvan

Near Girvan

Turnberry Castle is 9.8 km north of Girvan. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Girvan has 58 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

The year in Girvan

Afternoons in Girvan peak at 18–19°C, June to August.

Jan8° / 3°113 mm
Feb8° / 3°90 mm
Mar10° / 4°84 mm
Apr13° / 5°64 mm
May16° / 7°64 mm
Jun18° / 10°63 mm
Jul19° / 12°82 mm
Aug19° / 12°89 mm
Sep17° / 10°88 mm
Oct14° / 8°129 mm
Nov10° / 5°129 mm
Dec8° / 3°126 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Girvan, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Girvan. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Girvan’s full climate →
About

Turnberry Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 8 languages.

Girvan’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Castle
Listed
Scheduled monument
Wikipedias
Covered in 8 languages
Town
9.8 km north of Girvan
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Around Turnberry Castle, mapped

The places near Turnberry Castle are numbered on the map in the order below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Ayr, with 46,209 people, is the largest of the 4. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

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  1. 1Girvan
  2. 2Maybole
  3. 3Ayr
  4. 4Prestwick
1 · 9.8 km south of it

Girvan

6,317 people · 1 place to visit

2 · 11 km east of it

Maybole

4,333 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 20 km northeast of it

Ayr

46,209 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 24 km northeast of it

Prestwick

14,550 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns
TownWhere Turnberry Castle isPeoplePlaces to visit
Girvan9.8 km south of it6,3171
Maybole11 km east of it4,3334
Ayr20 km northeast of it46,2099
Prestwick24 km northeast of it14,5504
Make a day of it

Also near Turnberry Castle

Our list has 10 more within 15 km, among them 5 castles, a historic house and an abbey or priory.

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

Questions about Turnberry Castle

Where is Turnberry Castle?

Turnberry Castle is 9.8 km north of Girvan, South Ayrshire.

What is Turnberry Castle?

Castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Turnberry Castle?

June to August are the warmest months in Girvan, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Turnberry Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Turnberry Castle?

Within 15 km: Culzean Castle (4.7 km), Crossraguel Abbey (7.9 km), Penkill Castle (9.4 km) and Dunure Castle (10 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.