1,080 abandoned places in Scotland

ShotHotspot has mapped 1,080 abandoned places in Scotland, United Kingdom, and lists the top 200 here, ranked by how often they're photographed, viewed and voted for. The most popular are Sunderland East End Orphan Asylum, Disused Platforms and Almost Deserted Street. Some are private property or unsafe, so get permission before you visit.

Top abandoned places in Scotland, United Kingdom

  1. Derelict House - architecture, abandoned
  2. Abandoned Warehouse - abandoned
  3. Old School - abandoned
  4. Sunderland East End Orphan Asylum - 45 photos; architecture, abandoned
  5. Abandoned Houses - architecture, abandoned
  6. Killingworth Bunker *now bulldozed* - abandoned
  7. Abandoned Dock Building - abandoned
  8. Kirkheaton Chapel - abandoned
  9. Cults Limestone Mine - urban, abandoned
  10. Disused Platforms - 45 photos; transport, abandoned
  11. Abandoned Shipyard - abandoned
  12. Embleton Chapel - architecture, wedding, abandoned
  13. Craigellachie Tunnel - architecture, abandoned
  14. Old Tech - abandoned
  15. Chapel Ruins - architecture, abandoned
  16. Almost Deserted Street - 45 photos; urban, abandoned
  17. Seaton Delaval Hall - 40 photos; abandoned
  18. Culduie Waterfalls - landscape, abandoned
  19. Urquhart Castle - 45 photos; abandoned
  20. Strathmartine/Baldovan Asylum - 45 photos; abandoned
  21. Greenan Castle - 45 photos; abandoned
  22. Cramond Island - 45 photos; water, abandoned
  23. Abandoned Boat - 7 photos; water, abandoned
  24. Derelict Dock - 27 photos; urban, abandoned
  25. Tayport Pile Lighthouse - 12 photos; abandoned
  26. Trinity Square, Gateshead - 45 photos; architecture, abandoned
  27. Crawford Priory - 12 photos; architecture, abandoned
  28. Sorn Castle - water, abandoned
  29. Queen's view - 44 photos; abandoned
  30. Glen Grant - nature, abandoned
  31. Train Station - 45 photos; nature, abandoned
  32. Loch Morlich - 2 photos; abandoned
  33. Auchindoun Castle - 19 photos; landscape, abandoned
  34. Boddin Point - 38 photos; water, architecture, abandoned
  35. Craigievar Castle - 45 photos; abandoned
  36. Eaglesham Moor - 4 photos; sunset, abandoned
  37. Strathisla Distillery - 33 photos; water, abandoned
  38. Dunfermline Abbey & Palace - 45 photos; architecture, abandoned
  39. Torrin, opp Blaven Bunkhouse on B8083 - 29 photos; landscape, abandoned
  40. Falls of Dochart - 45 photos; abandoned
  41. Strathisla Distillery - 38 photos; abandoned
  42. Tioram Castle - 40 photos; abandoned
  43. St Anthony's Chapel - 45 photos; abandoned
  44. Norham Castle - 45 photos; abandoned
  45. Elgin Cathedral - 45 photos; architecture, abandoned
  46. Cathedral Ruins - 22 photos; architecture, abandoned
  47. Buckholm Tower - landscape, abandoned
  48. Glengorm Castle - 12 photos; sunset, abandoned
  49. Cathedral Ruins - 21 photos; sunset, architecture, abandoned
  50. Duart Castle - 1 photo; nature, wildlife, abandoned
  51. Cobby River - 24 photos; wildlife, abandoned
  52. Brodick Castle - 45 photos; abandoned
  53. Afterlife Paranormal Investigators - abandoned
  54. Witherwack Quarry - abandoned
  55. Abandoned - abandoned
  56. Urban Mill Abandoned Neglect - 24 photos; urban, abandoned
  57. Abandoned Forgotten Derelict Tyneside - abandoned
  58. Urban Exploration - 45 photos; urban, abandoned
  59. Gartloch Asylum - 45 photos; abandoned
  60. Lochcote Castle - architecture, abandoned

Abandoned places in Scotland, by area

Before you go

We don't know whether you're allowed to visit any of these places. Many are private property, closed to the public or unsafe: get permission from the owner or the relevant authority, and take safety precautions.

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