Museum · near Dalgety Bay and Hillend · Fife

Aberdour Heritage Centre

Aberdour Heritage Centre is a local museum. It is 2.5 km northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend. Look also at Aberdour Castle, 200 m away, first of 147 more within 15 km.

Where

2.5 km

northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum near Dalgety Bay and Hillend

Just outside Dalgety Bay and Hillend

Aberdour Heritage Centre is 2.5 km northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in Dalgety Bay and Hillend

In Dalgety Bay and Hillend the warm season is June to September, with highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°77 mm

Feb8° / 2°51 mm

Mar10° / 3°54 mm

Apr12° / 4°48 mm

May15° / 7°41 mm

Jun18° / 10°61 mm

Jul20° / 11°78 mm

Aug19° / 11°67 mm

Sep17° / 9°54 mm

Oct13° / 7°78 mm

Nov10° / 4°92 mm

Dec7° / 2°79 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Dalgety Bay and Hillend, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Dalgety Bay and Hillend. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Dalgety Bay and Hillend’s full climate →

About

Aberdour Heritage Centre

Museum: local.

Type: Museum
Town: 2.5 km northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend
Official site: aberdourculture.org.uk/Index.asp?MainID=29345

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The area around Aberdour Heritage Centre

The map centres on Aberdour Heritage Centre, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Home to 9,452 people, Dalgety Bay and Hillend is the largest of these 3. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 2.5 km southwest of it

Dalgety Bay and Hillend

9,452 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 3.1 km east of it

Burntisland

6,259 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 5 km northwest of it

Crossgates

2,993 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Aberdour Heritage Centre is	People	Places to visit
Dalgety Bay and Hillend	2.5 km southwest of it	9,452	14
Burntisland	3.1 km east of it	6,259	9
Crossgates	5 km northwest of it	2,993	8

Make a day of it

Next door to Aberdour Heritage Centre

Among the 147 within 15 km are 3 castles, 2 art galleries and a historic house.

CastleAberdour Castle200 m away 2

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle13 km away 3

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery13 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)4

Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse14 km away 5

MuseumNational Museum of Scotland14 km away 6

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins)10 km away 7

CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral14 km away 8

Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery13 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Aberdour Heritage Centre

Where is Aberdour Heritage Centre?

Aberdour Heritage Centre is 2.5 km northeast of Dalgety Bay and Hillend, Fife.

What is Aberdour Heritage Centre?

Museum: local.

When is the best time to visit Aberdour Heritage Centre?

June to September are the warmest months in Dalgety Bay and Hillend, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Aberdour Heritage Centre?

Within 15 km: Aberdour Castle (200 m), Edinburgh Castle (13 km), National Gallery (13 km) and Palace of Holyroodhouse (14 km).

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 (8)

Aberdour Castle: Andy Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins): Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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