Abbeyleix Heritage House
Abbeyleix Heritage House is a museum you can visit in Abbeyleix. There are 4 other places to visit inside 5 km. The site offers guided tours and family-history records.
Museum in Abbeyleix
Inside Abbeyleix
Abbeyleix Heritage House is inside Abbeyleix’s urban area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
Highs of 17–20°C mark June to September in Abbeyleix.
Abbeyleix Heritage House
A drive of 4.8 km reaches Heywood House Gardens.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Abbeyleix
- Official site
- abbeyleixheritage.com
Useful details
Its place on the map
Orange shows Abbeyleix Heritage House; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Abbeyleix’s urban area. · CSO 2022 outline
Towns near Abbeyleix Heritage House
Largest of the 8 is Mountrath, home to 2,070. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Abbeyleix
Ballyroan
Ballinakill
Ballycolla
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Abbeyleix Heritage House is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeyleix | It’s in town | 1,897 | 5 |
| Ballyroan | 3.6 km northeast of it | 657 | 2 |
| Ballinakill | 4.6 km southeast of it | 462 | 5 |
| Ballycolla | 7.9 km southwest of it | 133 | 3 |
| Durrow | 9.1 km south of it | 946 | 3 |
| Castletown | 12 km northwest of it | 454 | 1 |
| Mountrath | 13 km northwest of it | 2,070 | 1 |
| The Swan | 13 km east of it | 275 | 0 |
After Abbeyleix Heritage House
Within 15 km are 4 gardens, 2 castles and an abbey or priory, among others.
Garden · Office of Public WorksHeywood House Gardens4.8 km away2
CastleGardens at Castle Durrow8.8 km away3
Abbey or prioryAghaboe Abbey11 km away4
CastleCullahill Castle14 km away5GardenGardenFruitlawn Garden3.9 km away6GardenGardenHeywood Gardens4.1 km away7GardenGardenDunmore Country School Kitchen Garden and Natural Beekeeping Classes7.6 km away8MuseumMuseumThe Irish Fly Fishing and Game Museum9.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Abbeyleix Heritage House?
Abbeyleix Heritage House is in Abbeyleix, Laois, inside the town’s urban area.
What is Abbeyleix Heritage House?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Abbeyleix Heritage House?
June to September are the warmest months in Abbeyleix, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Abbeyleix Heritage House?
Within 15 km: Heywood House Gardens (4.8 km), Gardens at Castle Durrow (8.8 km), Aghaboe Abbey (11 km) and Cullahill Castle (14 km).
Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Heywood House Gardens: Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gardens at Castle Durrow: GunnerPoulsen~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aghaboe Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cullahill Castle: Krigh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).