Folk Galleries
Standing 200 m northeast of Holywood, Folk Galleries is a museum. Nearby, Stormont Castle (5.7 km) heads a list of 62 within 15 km.
Museum near Holywood
Just outside Holywood
Folk Galleries is 200 m northeast of Holywood. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
Highs in Holywood reach 18–19°C in July and August.
Folk Galleries
Museum.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- 200 m northeast of Holywood
Folk Galleries on the map
The places near Folk Galleries are numbered on the map in the order below.
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Which towns are near Folk Galleries
Home to 293,298 people, Belfast is the largest of these 3. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Around Folk Galleries
Within 15 km are 62 places, among them 2 historic houses, 2 historic ships and a castle.
Historic houseStormont Castle5.7 km away2
CastleCarrickfergus Castle7.1 km away3
MuseumUlster Folk and Transport Museum200 m away4
Historic shipSS Nomadic8.7 km away5
Historic houseBelfast Castle9.3 km away6
CathedralSt Anne's Cathedral, Belfast9.9 km away7
Historic shipHMS Caroline7.8 km away8
GardenBotanic Gardens11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Folk Galleries
Where is Folk Galleries?
Folk Galleries is 200 m northeast of Holywood, Ards and North Down.
What is Folk Galleries?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Folk Galleries?
July and August are the warmest months in Holywood, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Folk Galleries?
Within 15 km: Stormont Castle (5.7 km), Carrickfergus Castle (7.1 km), Ulster Folk and Transport Museum (200 m) and SS Nomadic (8.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (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 (8)
- Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrickfergus Castle: Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belfast Castle: Portwilliamborn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast: The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Caroline: Surgeon Oscar Parkes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Botanic Gardens: Robert Young, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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