Uttershill Castle
Uttershill Castle is a tower house in Penicuik. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument. Nearby, Edinburgh Castle (14 km) heads a list of 117 within 15 km.
Castle near Penicuik
Just outside Penicuik
Uttershill Castle is 100 m south of Penicuik. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Penicuik has 46 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month
In Penicuik, June to August bring the warmest days: highs of 17–19°C.
Uttershill Castle
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 100 m south of Penicuik
Around Uttershill Castle, mapped
Uttershill Castle is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns a short way from Uttershill Castle
From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Penicuik
Nearby, too
A visit can add 3 art galleries, 2 castles and a historic house, from 117 places within 15 km.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle14 km away2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery14 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse15 km away4
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland14 km away5
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral14 km away6
Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery15 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)7
CastleRoslin Castle4.9 km away8
Art galleryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art14 km away · 458K visitors a year (2015)Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Uttershill Castle
Where is Uttershill Castle?
Uttershill Castle is 100 m south of Penicuik, Midlothian.
What is Uttershill Castle?
Tower house in Penicuik, Scotland.
When is the best time to visit Uttershill Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Penicuik, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Uttershill Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Uttershill Castle?
Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (14 km), National Gallery (14 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (15 km) and National Museum of Scotland (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)
- Uttershill Castle: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roslin Castle: Taken by User:Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Grousebeater2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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