Culzean Castle
Culzean Castle is a castle overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, Carrick, in South Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the chief of Clan Kennedy, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Estate
- Description: country house incorporating earlier castle and tower house fabric, near Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Colzean” and “Culzean Castle, Garden & Country Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thomaston Castle and Kirkoswald Parish Church.
Thomaston Castle
Ruins
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thomaston Castle is a medieval castle located west of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It looks much as it did hundreds of years ago. Little has changed, except for the addition of a house located on the property.
Kirkoswald Parish Church
Church
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkoswald Parish Church is located in the small village of Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a parish church in the Church of Scotland. The church is unusual in that its design was, at the very least, strongly influenced by Robert Adam, one of Scotland's outstanding architects. Kirkoswald Parish Church is situated 2 miles south of Culzean Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maidens and Turnberry.
Maidens
Village
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maidens is a village in the Kirkoswald parish of Ayrshire, Scotland. Situated on the coast of the Firth of Clyde at the southern end of Maidenhead Bay, a series of rocks known as the "Maidens” form a natural harbour. Maidens is situated 2 miles southwest of Culzean Castle.
Turnberry
Village
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Turnberry is a village 6 miles north of Girvan, in the civil parish of Kirkoswald, in the council area of South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a golf resort called Turnberry which has three courses. In 1991 it had a population of 149. Turnberry is situated 3½ miles southwest of Culzean Castle.
Dunure
Village
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunure is a small village in the South Ayrshire area of Scotland, situated about five miles from Ayr. It is located on the coast of the Firth of Clyde, and is near to Maybole, south of Ayr. Dunure is situated 4 miles north of Culzean Castle.
Culzean Castle
- Categories: castle, country house, tower house, and agriculture
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Culzean Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Culzean gaztelua”
- Catalan: “Castell de Culzean”
- Chinese: “卡爾津城堡”
- Czech: “Culzean Castle”
- Danish: “Culzean Castle”
- Dutch: “Culzean Castle”
- French: “château de Culzean”
- French: “Château de Culzean”
- German: “Culzean Castle”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Κάλζιν”
- Hebrew: “טירת קולז’ין”
- Hungarian: “Culzean-kastély”
- Italian: “castello di Culzean”
- Italian: “Castello di Culzean”
- Italian: “Culzean Castle”
- Japanese: “カレイン城”
- Japanese: “クレイン城”
- Persian: “قلعه کولزین”
- Polish: “Zamek Culzean”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Culzean”
- Russian: “Замок Калейн”
- Scots: “Cullain Castle”
- Slovenian: “Culzean Castle”
- Slovenian: “grad Culzean”
- Spanish: “Castillo de culzean”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Culzean”
- Turkish: “Culzean Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Калейн”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Culzean Bay and Maidenhead Bay.
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