Kelburn Castle

Kelburn Castle is a large house near , , Scotland. It is the seat of the Earl of Glasgow. Originally built in the thirteenth century it was remodelled in the sixteenth century.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: country house in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Kelburn Castle, Fairlie”
  • Postal code: KA29 0BE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Fairlie Castle and Fairlie railway station.

Castle
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a restored oblong tower castle located on a natural rounded knoll situated above a precipitous section of the Fairlie Glen near the town of in the old Barony of Fairlie, Parish of , , Scotland. is situated 1¼ miles south of Kelburn Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the village of , , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line. is situated 1¼ miles south of Kelburn Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
is a railway station in the town of , , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is owned by Network Rail. It is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 43 miles south west of . is situated 2 miles northwest of Kelburn Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairlie and Largs.

Village
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
is a village in , on the west coast of Scotland.

Photo: Scotia, CC BY 3.0.
is a seaside resort on the Clyde coast of , with a population of 10,900 in 2022. It’s where Viking power in Scotland was broken, at the Battle of in 1263, and the Vikingar Exhibition is the town’s main attraction.

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of , with as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.

Kelburn Castle

Latitude
55.77083° or 55° 46′ 15″ north
Longitude
-4.84331° or 4° 50′ 36″ west
Open location code
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way 546571167
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Wiki­data ID
Q6385519
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Kelburn Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kelburn gaztelua”
  • French: “château de Kelburn”
  • French: “Château de Kelburn”
  • German: “Kelburn Castle”
  • Japanese: “ケルバーン城”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਲਬਰਨ ਕਿਲਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਲਬਰਨ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Kelburn”
  • Scots: “Kelburn Castle”
  • Swedish: “Kelburn Castle”
  • Turkish: “Kelburn Kalesi”

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Highlights: Waterfall Pool and The Walled Garden.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Memorial to John, 3rd Earl of Glasgow and Old Hen House.

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