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Alness Heritage Centre

Alness Heritage Centre is a history museum. It stands inside Alness’ locality. Add Castle Craig, 6.3 km away, to a visit; it leads 6 places within 15 km.

Where

In Alness

inside the locality

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 18–18°C

In brief

Museum in Alness

Inside Alness

Alness Heritage Centre is inside Alness’ locality, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

The weather, month by month

July and August bring the warmest afternoons to Alness, at 18°C.

Jan7° / 1°80 mm

Feb7° / 1°65 mm

Mar9° / 3°60 mm

Apr11° / 5°48 mm

May14° / 7°55 mm

Jun16° / 10°53 mm

Jul18° / 12°60 mm

Aug18° / 11°64 mm

Sep16° / 9°60 mm

Oct13° / 6°88 mm

Nov9° / 4°78 mm

Dec6° / 1°81 mm

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

About

Alness Heritage Centre

Museum: history.

In Alness, inside the town’s locality.

Type: Museum
Town: in Alness

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

The map

Getting to Alness Heritage Centre

On this map, Alness Heritage Centre is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1Alness
2Invergordon

1 · It’s in town

Alness

5,940 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 3.7 km east of it

Invergordon

3,801 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 2 towns

Town	Where Alness Heritage Centre is	People	Places to visit
Alness	It’s in town	5,940	3
Invergordon	3.7 km east of it	3,801	3

Make a day of it

Pair Alness Heritage Centre with these

Of the 6 within 15 km, look for 2 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.

1CastleCastleCastle Craig6.3 km away 2CathedralCathedralFortrose Cathedral15 km away 3

CastleDingwall Castle Folly15 km away 4MuseumMuseumGroam House Museum14 km away 5AttractionAttractionThe Dalmore Distillery900 m away 6MuseumMuseumInvergordon Naval Museum & Heritage Centre5.3 km away

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

Alness Heritage Centre: common questions

Where is Alness Heritage Centre?

Alness Heritage Centre is in Alness, Highland, inside the town’s locality.

What is Alness Heritage Centre?

Museum: history.

When is the best time to visit Alness Heritage Centre?

July and August are the warmest months in Alness, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Alness Heritage Centre?

Within 15 km: Castle Craig (6.3 km), Fortrose Cathedral (15 km), Dingwall Castle Folly (15 km) and Groam House Museum (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 (1)

Dingwall Castle Folly: QuintusPetillius, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

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