Dick Institute
Dick Institute is a public library and museum. Its location is inside Kilmarnock’s locality. This is a site of East Ayrshire Council.
Museum in Kilmarnock
Inside Kilmarnock
Dick Institute is inside Kilmarnock’s locality, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month in Kilmarnock
Aim for June to August, when Kilmarnock reaches 18–19°C.
Dick Institute
It is written up in 4 Wikipedias. Nearby, Dean Castle (1.7 km) heads a list of 25 within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- East Ayrshire Council
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Kilmarnock
- Official site
- eastayrshireleisure.com/venue/the-dick-institute
Hours, entry and address
Its place on the map
The map puts Dick Institute in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kilmarnock’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Bases for a visit
The biggest base of the 4 is Kilmarnock (47,073 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Kilmarnock
Hurlford and Crookedholm
Crosshouse
Kilmaurs
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Dick Institute is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmarnock | It’s in town | 47,073 | 9 |
| Hurlford and Crookedholm | 1.2 km southeast of it | 4,360 | 10 |
| Crosshouse | 2.8 km west of it | 2,609 | 7 |
| Kilmaurs | 3.4 km northwest of it | 2,702 | 6 |
Places to add to Dick Institute
Our list has 25 more within 15 km, among them 8 castles.
CastleDean Castle1.7 km away2
CastleCaprington Castle2.9 km away3
CastleDundonald Castle7.6 km away4
CastleRowallan Castle4.6 km away5
CastleCraufurdland Castle3.8 km away6
CastleCraigie Castle6.5 km away7
CastleBarr Castle7 km away8
CastleLoudoun Castle7.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Dick Institute
Where is Dick Institute?
Dick Institute is in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, inside the town’s locality.
What is Dick Institute?
Public library and museum in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.
Who runs Dick Institute?
East Ayrshire Council.
When is the best time to visit Dick Institute?
June to August are the warmest months in Kilmarnock, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Dick Institute?
Within 15 km: Dean Castle (1.7 km), Caprington Castle (2.9 km), Dundonald Castle (7.6 km) and Rowallan Castle (4.6 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 (9)
- Dick Institute: Peter Mabon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Castle: Fraser Sutherland, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Caprington Castle: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dundonald Castle: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rowallan Castle: Sagereid, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craufurdland Castle: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craigie Castle: Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barr Castle: Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loudoun Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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