Aberdour Castle

Aberdour Castle is in the village of , , . Parts of the castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland, along with in , which was built at around the same time.
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  • Opening hours: April—September 9:30 AM—5:30 PM and October—March Saturday—Wednesday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Fife, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aberdour railway station and St Fillan’s Church, Aberdour.

Railway station
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station in the village of , , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line. is situated 590 feet west of Aberdour Castle.

Church
Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Islet
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is an island in the in Scotland. The island has a long history as a site of religious worship, having started with a church, which later developed into a monastery and a large Augustine Abbey in the mid 13th century. is situated 2 miles south of Aberdour Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberdour and Dalgety Bay.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small town on the coast of in central Scotland, and nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, with a population in 2011 of 1633.

Town
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is a coastal town and parish in , , on the north shore of the , nine miles from city centre. The civil parish is the eighth-largest in Fife, with a population of 9,710 in 2020. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Aberdour Castle.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a port on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, in in central Scotland, with a population of 6600 in 2020. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.

Aberdour Castle

Latitude
56.05522° or 56° 3′ 19″ north
Longitude
-3.29822° or 3° 17′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C8R3P42+3P
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Wiki­data ID
Q2145629
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Aberdour Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Aberdour gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “Castell d’Aberdour”
  • Chinese: “阿伯杜爾城堡”
  • Dutch: “Aberdour Castle”
  • Finnish: “Aberdourin linna”
  • French: “château d’Aberdour”
  • French: “Château d’Aberdour”
  • Georgian: “აბერდურის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Aberdour Castle”
  • Italian: “Aberdour Castle”
  • Italian: “castello di Aberdour”
  • Italian: “Castello di Aberdour”
  • Japanese: “アバーダー城”
  • Persian: “دژ آبردور”
  • Polish: “Aberdour Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Aberdour”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Aberdour”
  • Turkish: “Aberdour Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aberdour Castle and Gardens and Aberdour Castle Gardens.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Dovecot and Aberdour House.

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