Venlaw Castle
Venlaw Castle is a tower house, now a hotel. Peebles has it inside its locality. It counts as a category B listed building.
Castle in Peebles
Inside Peebles
Venlaw Castle is inside Peebles’ locality, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category B listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Peebles has 152 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The seasons here
If warmth matters, go June to August: Peebles reaches 17–19°C.
Venlaw Castle
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 4 languages. Around it, within 15 km, lie 14 more places, Neidpath Castle (1.8 km) first on our list.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category B listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Peebles
- Official site
- venlaw.co.uk
Map of Venlaw Castle and nearby
The orange dot is Venlaw Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Peebles’ locality. · NRS locality 2022
The nearest towns to Venlaw Castle
Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Peebles
More near Venlaw Castle
There are 14 within 15 km, 5 castles, 2 gardens and a museum among them.
CastleNeidpath Castle1.8 km away2
CastleTraquair House Maze9.7 km away3
CastleHorsburgh Castle3.8 km away4CastleCastleDrochil Castle9.3 km away5
GardenKailzie Gardens3.9 km away6GardenGardenDawyck Botanic Garden Visitor Centre10 km away7
Museum · National Trust for ScotlandRobert Smail's Printing Works9.1 km away8
CastleGlen House9.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Venlaw Castle: the answers
Where is Venlaw Castle?
Venlaw Castle is in Peebles, Scottish Borders, inside the town’s locality.
What is Venlaw Castle?
Tower house, now hotel, in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Venlaw Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Peebles, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Venlaw Castle a listed building?
Yes: category B listed building.
What else is there to see near Venlaw Castle?
Within 15 km: Neidpath Castle (1.8 km), Traquair House Maze (9.7 km), Horsburgh Castle (3.8 km) and Drochil Castle (9.3 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 (7)
- Venlaw Castle: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neidpath Castle: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Traquair House Maze: marsroverdriver, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horsburgh Castle: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kailzie Gardens: Kay Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Smail's Printing Works: User:Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Glen House: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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