Museum · Bathgate · West Lothian

Bennie Museum

Bennie Museum is a museum in Bathgate, West Lothian. On the official register, it is a category C listed building. Add Linlithgow Palace, 8.8 km away, to a visit; it leads 37 places within 15 km.

Where

In Bathgate

inside the locality

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 18–18°C

In brief

Museum in Bathgate

Inside Bathgate

Bennie Museum is inside Bathgate’s locality, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category C listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Bathgate has 11 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

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

When to go

Picking your season

Expect 18°C highs in Bathgate in July and August.

Jan6° / 1°104 mm

Feb6° / 0°93 mm

Mar8° / 1°88 mm

Apr11° / 3°62 mm

May14° / 5°64 mm

Jun17° / 8°77 mm

Jul18° / 10°81 mm

Aug18° / 10°91 mm

Sep16° / 8°78 mm

Oct12° / 5°116 mm

Nov8° / 2°103 mm

Dec6° / 0°107 mm

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

About

Bennie Museum

Museum in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

In Bathgate, inside the town’s locality.

Bathgate’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Category C listed building
Town: in Bathgate
Official site: benniemuseum.org.uk

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

The map

Finding Bennie Museum

Numbered points are the places near Bennie Museum, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Home to 55,798 people, Livingston is the largest of these 5. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Bathgate

22,229 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km west of it

Armadale

12,590 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km southeast of it

Blackburn

5,263 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 3 km east of it

Livingston

55,798 people · 14 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Bennie Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bathgate	It’s in town	22,229	10
Armadale	2.4 km west of it	12,590	6
Blackburn	2.8 km southeast of it	5,263	7
Livingston	3 km east of it	55,798	14
Whitburn	4 km southwest of it	11,772	5

Make a day of it

Also within reach

4 castles, a palace and a historic house are among the 37 within 15 km.

PalaceLinlithgow Palace8.8 km away 2

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBlackness Castle14 km away 3

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandKinneil House12 km away 4

Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandHouse of the Binns12 km away 5

CastleMidhope Castle14 km away 6

CastleNiddry Castle13 km away 7Heritage railwayHeritage railwayAlmond Valley Light Railway6.2 km away 8

MuseumCallendar House13 km away

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

Bennie Museum, answered

Where is Bennie Museum?

Bennie Museum is in Bathgate, West Lothian, inside the town’s locality.

What is Bennie Museum?

Museum in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Bennie Museum?

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

Is Bennie Museum a listed building?

Yes: category C listed building.

What else is there to see near Bennie Museum?

Within 15 km: Linlithgow Palace (8.8 km), Blackness Castle (14 km), Kinneil House (12 km) and House of the Binns (12 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 (7)

Linlithgow Palace: Alex Sanz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackness Castle: Dr John Wells, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kinneil House: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
House of the Binns: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Midhope Castle: Camer01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Niddry Castle: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Callendar House: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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