Hermitage Castle
Located in The Scottish Borders, Scotland Coordinates: 55°15′00″ N 2°47′00″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 162 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- NCL Newcastle International Airport74 km
- EDI Edinburgh Airport86 km
About Hermitage Castle
Hermitage Castle is a historic site. Location: The Scottish Borders, Scotland. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Whitterhope Burn and Blackwood Hill.
Climate of Hermitage Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 127 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 19°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 0°)
- Wettest month
- January (133 mm)
- Driest month
- April (74 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 6° |
| Average low (°C) | 0° | 0° | 1° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 8° | 5° | 2° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 133 | 97 | 108 | 74 | 75 | 79 | 86 | 98 | 107 | 127 | 127 | 131 |
How to get to Hermitage Castle
The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport (NCL), 74 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newcastle upon Tyne, 81 km to the east.
Airports
- Newcastle International Airport (NCL) Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 74 kmeast
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 86 kmnorthwest
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 117 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 81 kmeast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 82 kmnorth
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 97 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 116 kmnorthwest
- Middlesbrough Population: 142.7K 124 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Hermitage Castle
Within 100 km: 721 historic and cultural sites, 2,931 natural sites, 659 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km289 places
- Goat Island Island 24 kmS
- Moodlaw Loch Lake 24 kmNW
- Kingside Loch Lake 23 kmNW
- Hellmoor Loch Lake 24 kmNW
25–60 km1,368 places
- Kirkland Scar Island 42 kmSW
- Wooden Anna Island 45 kmNE
- Broomhaugh Island Island 54 kmSE
- Fishgarth Holm Island 45 kmS
60–100 km2,654 places
- St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 100 kmSW
- Powillimount Beach Beach 64 kmSW
- Burntisland Beach Beach 95 kmN
- Cramond beach Beach 88 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Whitterhope Burn River, Scotland<0.1 km N
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Blackwood Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders3 km E
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Hermitage Water River, Scotland1.1 km E
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Din Fell Mountain, The Scottish Borders4.4 km W
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Braidley Burn River, Scotland3.2 km W
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Ewe Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders5.2 km W
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Cauldcleuch Head Mountain, The Scottish Borders7.1 km NW
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Greatmoor Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders5.5 km N
Nearest towns and villages
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Steele Road Village, The Scottish Borders2.9 km SE
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Newcastleton Village, The Scottish Borders8.1 km S
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Castleton Village, The Scottish Borders5.7 km S
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Sandholm Village, The Scottish Borders6 km S
Sources & licences
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