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Callendar House

Callendar House is a historic house and park in Falkirk. It holds the status of a category A listed building. Nearby, Linlithgow Palace (11 km) heads a list of 37 within 15 km.

Photo: Callendar House, John Lord (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Falkirk

inside the locality

Run by

Falkirk Community Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Falkirk

Inside Falkirk

Callendar House is inside Falkirk’s locality, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Falkirk has 100 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

In Falkirk the warm season is June to August, with highs of 18–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°113 mm

Feb8° / 2°109 mm

Mar10° / 3°74 mm

Apr12° / 4°63 mm

May15° / 7°60 mm

Jun18° / 10°68 mm

Jul20° / 11°86 mm

Aug19° / 11°108 mm

Sep17° / 9°81 mm

Oct13° / 6°100 mm

Nov9° / 4°107 mm

Dec7° / 1°104 mm

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

About

Callendar House

Management falls to Falkirk Community Trust. Its story is told in 5 languages on Wikipedia.

Falkirk’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Falkirk Community Trust
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Falkirk
Official site: falkirkleisureandculture.org/venues/callendar-house

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

The map

Callendar House on the map

Find Callendar House in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

With 34,637 people, Falkirk is the largest of the 8. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Falkirk

34,637 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 700 m southeast of it

Redding

3,812 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 700 m southwest of it

Hallglen

3,158 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km northeast of it

Grangemouth

16,028 people · 18 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Callendar House is	People	Places to visit
Falkirk	It’s in town	34,637	8
Redding	700 m southeast of it	3,812	10
Hallglen	700 m southwest of it	3,158	7
Grangemouth	1.8 km northeast of it	16,028	18
Brightons	2.2 km southeast of it	4,048	9
Polmont	2.5 km east of it	5,044	11
Carronshore	3.1 km north of it	2,880	10
Stenhousemuir	3.5 km northwest of it	9,566	8

Make a day of it

While you are near Callendar House

The 37 places within 15 km include 5 castles, a palace and an abbey or priory.

PalaceLinlithgow Palace11 km away 2

CastleAirth Castle7.5 km away 3

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandKinneil House8.4 km away 4

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandAlloa Tower13 km away 5

CastleClackmannan Tower13 km away 6

Abbey or prioryCulross Abbey11 km away 7

Museum · National Trust for ScotlandCulross Palace11 km away 8

CastlePlean Castle9 km away

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

Quick answers on Callendar House

Where is Callendar House?

Callendar House is in Falkirk, Falkirk, inside the town’s locality.

What is Callendar House?

Historic House and Park in Falkirk.

Who runs Callendar House?

Falkirk Community Trust.

When is the best time to visit Callendar House?

June to August are the warmest months in Falkirk, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Callendar House a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Callendar House?

Within 15 km: Linlithgow Palace (11 km), Airth Castle (7.5 km), Kinneil House (8.4 km) and Alloa Tower (13 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 (9)

Callendar House: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Linlithgow Palace: Alex Sanz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Airth Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kinneil House: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Alloa Tower: AllyD at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Clackmannan Tower: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Culross Abbey: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Culross Palace: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Plean Castle: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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