Description:
16th century 'z plan' castle, built by Cardinal Beaton with a later Victorian addition. The gardens, neglected in past years, have been attacked and the overgrown wilderness has regained some form. The garden is in its infancy with a new, small walled garden and the beginnings of a formal garden with box hedging and a rose bed. The rest of the ten acres is mostly parkland with large specimen trees including a Wellingtonia. Large rhododendrons survive from the castle's previous gardens with an abundance of daffodils.
Champion Trees: Wellingtonia, Copper Beech
Champion Trees: Wellingtonia, Copper Beech
Directions: A933 from Arbroath towards Friockheim. Drive through Colliston Village, continue past the church. Approximately 500m on the right, take the road signposted West Mains of Colliston. Follow this past the farm and around to the left, the castle gates are on your right.
Other details: Tours of the castle can be booked on arrival. Numbers are limited and visitors must be able to climb over 50 stairs. Dogs on leads allowed in the gardens (no traces to be left behind!). Be careful to keep your distance from electric livestock fencing around adjacent fields.
