Benmore Botanic Garden
Benmore Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in Argyll and Bute. It is 8.6 km northwest of Dunoon. Officially, it is an Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape.
Garden near Dunoon
Near Dunoon
Benmore Botanic Garden is 8.6 km northwest of Dunoon. Towns near it ↓
Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape
On the official list of protected heritage; Dunoon has 27 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Choosing a month
In Dunoon, June to August bring the warmest days: highs of 15–17°C.
Benmore Botanic Garden
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 5 languages. Our list has 10 more places within 15 km; first among them is Ardencaple Castle, at 14 km.
- Type
- Garden
- Listed
- Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 8.6 km northwest of Dunoon
- Official site
- rbge.org.uk/visit/benmore-botanic-garden
The area around Benmore Botanic Garden
The map centres on Benmore Botanic Garden, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
The towns around Benmore Botanic Garden
Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Dunoon
Next door to Benmore Botanic Garden
5 castles, a pier and a museum are among the 10 within 15 km.
CastleArdencaple Castle14 km away2
CastleCastle Levan12 km away3
CastleArdgowan Castle14 km away4
PierDunoon Pier9.6 km away5
MuseumCastle House Museum Dunoon9.6 km away6
GardenLinn Botanic Gardens8.5 km away7CastleCastleCraigownie Castle9 km away8CastleCastleKnockamillie Castle15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Benmore Botanic Garden: common questions
Where is Benmore Botanic Garden?
Benmore Botanic Garden is 8.6 km northwest of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute.
What is Benmore Botanic Garden?
Botanical garden in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Benmore Botanic Garden?
June to August are the warmest months in Dunoon, with afternoon highs of 15–17°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Benmore Botanic Garden a listed building?
Yes: Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape.
What else is there to see near Benmore Botanic Garden?
Within 15 km: Ardencaple Castle (14 km), Castle Levan (12 km), Ardgowan Castle (14 km) and Dunoon Pier (9.6 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 (6)
- Ardencaple Castle: Cmacauley, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Levan: easylocum from Gourock, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardgowan Castle: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunoon Pier: dan kearney, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle House Museum Dunoon: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linn Botanic Gardens: Lynn M Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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