Wester Kames Castle
Wester Kames Castle is a castle in Argyll and Bute. On the map, it sits 3.4 km northwest of Rothesay. It is on the official list as a category A listed building.
Castle near Rothesay
Just outside Rothesay
Wester Kames Castle is 3.4 km northwest of Rothesay. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Rothesay has 151 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
In Rothesay, June to August bring the warmest days: highs of 17–18°C.
Wester Kames Castle
Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages. A short trip away is Rothesay Castle, 4.3 km off, the first of 12 within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 3.4 km northwest of Rothesay
Map of Wester Kames Castle and nearby
Orange: Wester Kames Castle.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. · NRS locality 2022
The towns around Wester Kames Castle
The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Rothesay
Places to add to Wester Kames Castle
Nearby, 12 places within 15 km include 4 castles, 2 museums and a historic house.
CastleRothesay Castle4.3 km away2
CastleKames Castle500 m away3
Historic houseMount Stuart House9.7 km away4
CastleSkelmorlie Castle13 km away5
CastleKnock Castle14 km away6
PierDunoon Pier14 km away7
MuseumBute Museum4.4 km away8
MuseumCastle House Museum Dunoon14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Wester Kames Castle in questions
Where is Wester Kames Castle?
Wester Kames Castle is 3.4 km northwest of Rothesay, Argyll and Bute.
What is Wester Kames Castle?
Castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Wester Kames Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Rothesay, with afternoon highs of 17–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Wester Kames Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Wester Kames Castle?
Within 15 km: Rothesay Castle (4.3 km), Kames Castle (500 m), Mount Stuart House (9.7 km) and Skelmorlie Castle (13 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)
- Wester Kames Castle: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rothesay Castle: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kames Castle: Richard Dear, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Stuart House: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Skelmorlie Castle: McGibbon & Ross, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Knock Castle: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunoon Pier: dan kearney, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bute Museum: DougRM, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle House Museum Dunoon: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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