Ardencraig Gardens
In Rothesay, Ardencraig Gardens is an attraction. Another 4 places to visit lie within 5 km. A drive of 1.7 km reaches Rothesay Castle.
Attraction in Rothesay
Inside Rothesay
Ardencraig Gardens is inside Rothesay’s locality, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
Warmest in Rothesay are June to August, at 17–18°C.
Ardencraig Gardens
Attraction.
In Rothesay, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- in Rothesay
- Official site
- gardens-of-argyll.co.uk/view-details.php?id=471
Visiting: the details
Locating Ardencraig Gardens
Orange is Ardencraig Gardens; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Rothesay’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Where people come from
They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Rothesay
Make a day of it near Ardencraig Gardens
Within 15 km are 21 places, among them 6 castles, a historic house and a cathedral.
CastleRothesay Castle1.7 km away2
Historic houseMount Stuart House5.3 km away3
CathedralCathedral of The Isles11 km away4
CastleKames Castle5 km away5
CastleKelburn Castle14 km away6
CastleWester Kames Castle5.4 km away7
CastleSkelmorlie Castle9 km away8
CastleArdgowan Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Ardencraig Gardens
Where is Ardencraig Gardens?
Ardencraig Gardens is in Rothesay, Argyll and Bute, inside the town’s locality.
What is Ardencraig Gardens?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Ardencraig Gardens?
June to August are the warmest months in Rothesay, with afternoon highs of 17–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Ardencraig Gardens?
Within 15 km: Rothesay Castle (1.7 km), Mount Stuart House (5.3 km), Cathedral of The Isles (11 km) and Kames Castle (5 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)
- Rothesay Castle: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Stuart House: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of The Isles: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kames Castle: Richard Dear, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelburn Castle: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wester Kames Castle: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Skelmorlie Castle: McGibbon & Ross, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardgowan Castle: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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