Bell Pettigrew Museum
Bell Pettigrew Museum is a university museum. It lies inside the locality of St Andrews. Its status is a category C listed building.
Museum in St Andrews
Inside St Andrews
Bell Pettigrew Museum is inside St Andrews’ locality, with 13 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category C listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; St Andrews has 370 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
The warmest afternoons in St Andrews run June to September, at 17–20°C.
Bell Pettigrew Museum
A short trip away is St Andrews Castle, 600 m off, the first of 30 within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Category C listed building
- Town
- in St Andrews
- Official site
- st-andrews.ac.uk/museums/visit-us/bell-pettigrew
The map
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Bell Pettigrew Museum is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is St Andrews’ locality. · NRS locality 2022
The nearest towns to Bell Pettigrew Museum
Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
St Andrews
Combine it with these
There are 30 within 15 km, 4 castles, 3 museums and a garden among them.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandSt Andrews Castle600 m away2
MuseumR&A World Golf Museum800 m away3
MuseumSt Andrews Museum800 m away4
MuseumWardlaw Museum600 m away5
GardenSt Andrews Botanic Garden800 m away6
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandKellie Castle11 km away7
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBroughty Castle15 km away8
CastleDairsie Castle9.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Bell Pettigrew Museum, answered
Where is Bell Pettigrew Museum?
Bell Pettigrew Museum is in St Andrews, Fife, inside the town’s locality.
What is Bell Pettigrew Museum?
University museum in Fife, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Bell Pettigrew Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in St Andrews, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Bell Pettigrew Museum a listed building?
Yes: category C listed building.
What else is there to see near Bell Pettigrew Museum?
Within 15 km: St Andrews Castle (600 m), R&A World Golf Museum (800 m), St Andrews Museum (800 m) and Wardlaw Museum (600 m).
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 (9)
- Bell Pettigrew Museum: Daytrick, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrews Castle: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- R&A World Golf Museum: B4bees from Kinross, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrews Museum: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wardlaw Museum: Drkirstyross, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrews Botanic Garden: rob bishop, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kellie Castle: MaggieMayRose, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Broughty Castle: TimVickers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dairsie Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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