Museum · Kirkintilloch · East Dunbartonshire

Auld Kirk Museum

Auld Kirk Museum is a local museum. This one is within Kirkintilloch’s locality. Nearby, Antonine Wall (6.4 km) heads a list of 80 within 15 km.

Where

In Kirkintilloch

inside the locality

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Museum in Kirkintilloch

Inside Kirkintilloch

Auld Kirk Museum is inside Kirkintilloch’s 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 climate through the year

In Kirkintilloch, June to August bring the warmest days: highs of 18–19°C.

Jan6° / 1°130 mm

Feb7° / 1°105 mm

Mar9° / 2°99 mm

Apr12° / 4°68 mm

May16° / 6°73 mm

Jun18° / 9°78 mm

Jul19° / 11°94 mm

Aug19° / 11°105 mm

Sep16° / 9°101 mm

Oct13° / 6°129 mm

Nov9° / 3°122 mm

Dec7° / 1°134 mm

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

About

Auld Kirk Museum

Local museum in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

In Kirkintilloch, inside the town’s locality.

Type: Museum
Town: in Kirkintilloch
Official site: edlc.co.uk/heritage-arts/auld-kirk-museum

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

The map

Map of Auld Kirk Museum and nearby

Use the numbers to match each place near Auld Kirk Museum with the list.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Among the 8, Glasgow is the biggest, home to 617,904 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Kirkintilloch

22,013 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km south of it

Lenzie

8,278 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km north of it

Milton of Campsie

3,843 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km southwest of it

Bishopbriggs

23,759 people · 39 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Auld Kirk Museum is	People	Places to visit
Kirkintilloch	It’s in town	22,013	4
Lenzie	1.1 km south of it	8,278	7
Milton of Campsie	1.6 km north of it	3,843	2
Bishopbriggs	2.7 km southwest of it	23,759	39
Lennoxtown	3.4 km northwest of it	4,162	1
Glasgow	4.7 km southwest of it	617,904	101
Chryston	4.7 km southeast of it	3,257	5
Moodiesburn	4.9 km southeast of it	6,706	5

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Choose from 80 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a fort.

FortAntonine Wall6.4 km away 2

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum11 km away · 1M visitors a year 3

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral9.8 km away 4

MuseumGlasgow School of Art11 km away 5

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum12 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)6

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art11 km away · 596K visitors a year 7

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral11 km away 8

MuseumPeople's Palace11 km away · 290K visitors a year

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

Visiting Auld Kirk Museum: the answers

Where is Auld Kirk Museum?

Auld Kirk Museum is in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, inside the town’s locality.

What is Auld Kirk Museum?

Local museum in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Auld Kirk Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in Kirkintilloch, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Auld Kirk Museum?

Within 15 km: Antonine Wall (6.4 km), Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (11 km), Glasgow Cathedral (9.8 km) and Glasgow School of Art (11 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)

Antonine Wall: Chris Wimbush, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
People's Palace: Emmi Hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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