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Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Glasgow Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden in Glasgow. It holds the status of an Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape. Around it, within 15 km, lie 92 more places, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (1.3 km) first on our list.

Photo: Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Finlay McWalter (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Glasgow

inside the locality

How well known

Top 6%

#465 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Garden in Glasgow

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#465 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (13 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Glasgow

Glasgow Botanic Gardens is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 52 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape

On the official list of protected heritage; Glasgow has 1,795 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

June to August are the warmest in Glasgow, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C.

Jan7° / 2°121 mm

Feb8° / 2°99 mm

Mar10° / 3°85 mm

Apr12° / 5°62 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°69 mm

Jul19° / 12°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°91 mm

Sep17° / 9°89 mm

Oct13° / 7°121 mm

Nov9° / 4°114 mm

Dec7° / 2°128 mm

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

About

Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Its story is told in 13 languages on Wikipedia.

Glasgow’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Listed: Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape
Wikipedias: Covered in 13 languages
Town: in Glasgow
Official site: glasgowbotanicgardens.com

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

The map

Map of Glasgow Botanic Gardens and nearby

Glasgow Botanic Gardens is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

The towns around Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Glasgow (617,904 people). Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Glasgow

617,904 people · 101 places to visit

2 · 3 km northwest of it

Bearsden

28,507 people · 25 places to visit

3 · 3.9 km northeast of it

Bishopbriggs

23,759 people · 39 places to visit

4 · 4.9 km west of it

Renfrew

23,812 people · 28 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Glasgow Botanic Gardens is	People	Places to visit
Glasgow	It’s in town	617,904	101
Bearsden	3 km northwest of it	28,507	25
Bishopbriggs	3.9 km northeast of it	23,759	39
Renfrew	4.9 km west of it	23,812	28
Milngavie	7.4 km north of it	12,758	2
Clydebank	8 km northwest of it	26,220	9
Faifley	8.4 km northwest of it	4,785	5
Rutherglen	8.5 km southeast of it	31,185	51

Make a day of it

Beyond Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Nearby, 92 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 3 cathedrals and an art gallery.

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum1.3 km away · 1M visitors a year 2

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum1.9 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)3

MuseumGlasgow School of Art2.3 km away 4

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral4 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art3.2 km away · 596K visitors a year 6CathedralCathedralSt Mary's Cathedral1.2 km away 7

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral3.6 km away 8

MuseumHunterian Museum900 m away

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

Planning a visit to Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Where is Glasgow Botanic Gardens?

Glasgow Botanic Gardens is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.

What is Glasgow Botanic Gardens?

Botanical garden in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Glasgow Botanic Gardens?

June to August are the warmest months in Glasgow, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Glasgow Botanic Gardens a listed building?

Yes: Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape.

What else is there to see near Glasgow Botanic Gardens?

Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (1.3 km), Riverside Museum (1.9 km), Glasgow School of Art (2.3 km) and Glasgow Cathedral (4 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 (8)

Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hunterian Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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