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“A very warm welcome to Dunrobin Castle, home of my ancestors for over seven hundred years. I’m so proud that people from all over the world pay us a visit and I enjoy being able to share the magnificent castle and gardens with others. I look forward to seeing you too at Dunrobin.”
Dunrobin Castle is the most northerly of Scotland’s great houses and the largest in the Northern Highlands with 189 rooms. Dunrobin Castle is also one of Britain’s oldest continuously inhabited houses dating back to the early 1300s, home to the Earls and later, the Dukes of Sutherland.
The Castle, which resembles a French château with its towering conical spires, has seen the architectural influences of Sir Charles Barry, who designed London’s Houses of Parliament, and Scotland’s own Sir Robert Lorimer. The Castle was used as a naval hospital during the First World War and as a boys’ boarding school from 1965 to 1972.
Dunrobin Castle is on the east coast of the Northern Highlands overlooking the Moray Firth, just north of the villages of Golspie and Dornoch (famous for its cathedral and Royal Dornoch Golf Club).
Dunrobin Castle is open annually from 1st April to 31st October.
There could be no more fitting backdrop to an airborne golden eagle, than the towering facade of Dunrobin Castle.
Throughout the season, visitors can enjoy displays of the ancient art of falconry by a consummate expert in the field, our resident Falconer.
Dunrobin Castle is the historic home of the Earls and Dukes of Sutherland. The earliest part of the building dates from around 1275.
Visitors can take a self-guided tour through the state rooms on the first floor before making their way through the smaller rooms in the older parts of the castle. Visitors are also able to visit our formal garden and Victorian museum.
Dunrobin Castle and Gardens will be closed from 1st Nov 2024 until 1st April 2025.
We look forward to welcoming you back when we re-open.
Thanks for your support.