Aberdour Castle, Aberdour

Name: Aberdour Castle
Address: High St., Aberdour, KY3 0SL, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1383 860519

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Aberdour Castle is in the village of Easter Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Parts of the castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland, along with Castle Sween in Argyll, which was built at around the same time. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 98 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 56°3'19"N, 3°17'54"W

Address

High St.Aberdour KY3 0SL United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1383 860519

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Aberdour

Day trips

Aberdour Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Inchcolm Abbey, Central Park, Adventure Golf Island, Burntisland Parish Church.

1.7 miS
Island-based medieval abbey complex
Inchcolm Abbey, South Queensferry
45 min walk • Inchcolm Abbey is a medieval abbey located on the island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The Abbey, which is located at the centre of the island, was founded in the 12th century during the episcopate of Gregoir, Bishop of Dunkeld.
4.2 miNW
Outdoor activities, Football, Sport venue
Central Park, Cowdenbeath
106 min walk • Central Park is a multi-use stadium in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland, used for football and stock car racing. It is situated in the centre of the town, just off the High Street, and has a capacity of 4,309. The pitch size is 107 x 66 yards.
4.1 miW
56°4'36"N • 3°23'55"W
Adventure Golf Island, Dunfermline
106 min walk • Golf, Mini golf, Game and entertainment center
2.5 miE
Historical place, Architecture, Church
Burntisland Parish Church, Burntisland
65 min walk • Burntisland Parish Church is a church building in the Fife burgh of Burntisland, constructed for the Church of Scotland in 1592.
1.8 miSW
Church
St Bridget's Kirk
45 min walk • St. Bridget's Kirk is a ruined church on the outskirts of Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland. It is a shell of a medieval church, dating back at least as far as 1178, and was altered in the 17th century for Protestant worship.
2.8 miW
Forts and castles
Fordell Castle
72 min walk • Fordell Castle is a restored 16th-century tower house, located 1.25 miles north-west of Dalgety Bay and 2 miles east of Dunfermline, in Fife, Scotland. Parts of the castle date from before 1566, though most dates from 1580 or later. The chapel was rebuilt in 1650.
1.5 miW
Forts and castles
Couston Castle
39 min walk • Couston Castle is an L-plan tower house dating from the late sixteenth or early seventeenth centuries, just north east of Dalgety Bay, at the edge of Otterston Loch in Fife, Scotland. It is built on the site of an earlier building.
2.2 miE
Forts and castles
Rossend Castle, Burntisland
57 min walk • Rossend Castle is a historic building in Burntisland, a town on the south coast of Fife, Scotland.
3.9 miN
Forts and castles
Hallyards Castle
99 min walk • Hallyards Castle, located to the north-west of the village of Auchtertool, is reputed to have been a hunting seat of Malcolm Canmore.
4.3 miS
Offshore island connected by causeway
Cramond Island, Edinburgh
110 min walk • Cramond Island is one of several islands in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, near Edinburgh. It lies off the foreshore at Cramond. It is 1⁄3 mile long and covers 19.03 acres. The island is part of the Dalmeny Estate, owned by the Rosebery Estates Partnership, and is let to Cramond Boat Club.
3.2 miS
Island
Inchmickery, Edinburgh
82 min walk • Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. It is about two miles north of Edinburgh. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic, Innis nam Biocaire, meaning Isle of the Vicars, implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical or Culdee settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm.