Tolbooth Museum and one more: what to see in Stonehaven
There are 2 places to visit inside Stonehaven’s locality, and 4 more within 5 km of its edge. They include 3 castles, 2 attractions and a museum. Beyond the town, the best known is Crathes Castle, 17 km off.
What Stonehaven is known for
After Tolbooth Museum, look out for 3 castles and 2 attractions.
MuseumTolbooth Museumin townAttractionAttractionStonehaven Open Air Poolin town
CastleDunnottar Castle1.4 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleFetteresso Castle1 km outside town, to the west
CastleMuchalls Castle3.6 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionStonehaven and District War Memorial400 m outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
Close by, the 4 mostly lie to the southeast.
The dashed line is Stonehaven’s locality; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Kind by kind
3 are castles or historic places; other attractions come next with 2.
Green: inside Stonehaven. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
After the 2 in town come 4 more within 5 km of its edge.
The 2 inside Stonehaven come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
163 listed buildings and 3 scheduled monuments are on Stonehaven’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Stonehaven →
Out of town
Most famous of the 12 is Crathes Castle, 17 km from the centre.
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandCrathes Castle17 km northwest
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandDrum Castle16 km northwest
CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral21 km north
CathedralSt Machar's Cathedral24 km northCastleCastle · National Trust for ScotlandCraigievar Castle38 km northwest
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral22 km north
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandCastle Fraser30 km northwestCastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdzell Castle33 km southwest
MuseumAberdeen Art Gallery21 km north
CathedralBrechin Cathedral38 km southwest
CastleAberdeen Castle22 km north
MuseumAberdeen Maritime Museum22 km northPlaces well known beyond Stonehaven (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust for Scotland or Historic Environment Scotland property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
What people ask about Stonehaven
What are the main attractions in Stonehaven?
The best known inside Stonehaven’s locality are Tolbooth Museum and Stonehaven Open Air Pool. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 4 more within 5 km.
Does Stonehaven have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Stonehaven: Tolbooth Museum.
Is there a National Trust for Scotland or Historic Environment Scotland property near Stonehaven?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Crathes Castle (National Trust for Scotland), 17 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Stonehaven?
Within 40 km: Crathes Castle (17 km), Drum Castle (16 km), St Mary's Cathedral (21 km), St Machar's Cathedral (24 km).
Where are Stonehaven’s historic buildings listed?
Stonehaven has 163 listed buildings, 5 of them Category A. They are on its History page, from Historic Environment Scotland’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Stonehaven when it is inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (14)
- Tolbooth Museum: Panama1958, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunnottar Castle: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fetteresso Castle: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muchalls Castle: Anlace at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Crathes Castle: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drum Castle: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mary's Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Machar's Cathedral: PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Fraser: Karora, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aberdeen Art Gallery: Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brechin Cathedral: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aberdeen Castle: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aberdeen Maritime Museum: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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