Redhouse Castle

Redhouse Castle is a ruined tower house castle, 2 km east of Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, on the B1377, close to Spittal. The castle designated as a scheduled monument. It is no longer protected as a category A listed building.

Photo: Renata, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Longniddry railway station and Longniddry Bents.

Longniddry railway station

Railway station

Photo: Richard West, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longniddry railway station is located at the southeast corner of the coastal village of Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland. The station is on the East Coast Main Line, 13+1⁄4 miles east of Edinburgh Waverley, and is served by stopping passenger trains on the North Berwick Line. Longniddry railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Redhouse Castle.

Longniddry Bents

Beach

Longniddry Bents is a beach just north of Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland. The beach is almost 2 miles in length, which includes Gosford Bay to the east side, and the rockier Seton Sands to the west. Longniddry Bents is situated 1½ miles west of Redhouse Castle.

Aberlady Parish Church and Graveyard

Church

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberlady Parish Church and Graveyard is situated 1½ miles north of Redhouse Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spittal and Longniddry.

Spittal

Hamlet

Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Spittal is a hamlet or small village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, on the B1377, east of Longniddry, south-south-west of Aberlady and to the west of Garleton and north of Gladsmuir.

Longniddry

Town

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Longniddry is a coastal village in East Lothian, Scotland, with an estimated population of 2,340 in 2020. The Scottish Women's Rural Institute was founded here in 1917.

Aberlady

Village

Photo: Wangi, CC BY 2.5.

Aberlady is a coastal village in the Scottish council area of East Lothian. The village had an estimated population of 1,260 in 2020. Aberlady is situated 2 miles north of Redhouse Castle.

Redhouse Castle

Type: Ruins
Description: ruined tower house castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Categories: tower house, castle, building, and historic site
Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.9836° or 55° 59′ 1″ north

Longitude

-2.86277° or 2° 51′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C7VX4MP+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 632274684

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q7305923

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In Other Languages

From German to Portuguese—“Redhouse Castle” goes by many names.

German: “Red Spittal”
German: “Redhouse Castle”
Portuguese: “Castelo Redhouse”

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Highlights include Redhouse Farmhouse and Redhouse Dean.

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