Inverness Cathedral
Inverness Cathedral is a church in Inverness, Highland. Its status is a category A listed building. Our list has 21 more places within 15 km; first among them is Inverness Castle, at 300 m.
Cathedral in Inverness
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#339 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (16 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Inverness
Inverness Cathedral is inside Inverness’ locality, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Inverness has 299 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
Aim for June to August, when Inverness reaches 17–19°C.
Inverness Cathedral
16 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Cathedral
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 16 languages
- Town
- in Inverness
- Official site
- invernesscathedral.com
Where it sits
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Inverness Cathedral is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Inverness’ locality. · NRS locality 2022
Towns close to Inverness Cathedral
Of the 8, Inverness is the largest, at 48,257 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Inverness
Westhill
Smithton
Milton of Leys
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Inverness Cathedral is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | It’s in town | 48,257 | 12 |
| Westhill | 2.5 km east of it | 5,681 | 13 |
| Smithton | 2.9 km east of it | 2,905 | 14 |
| Milton of Leys | 3 km southeast of it | 3,168 | 9 |
| Culloden | 5 km east of it | 3,699 | 12 |
| Muir of Ord | 15 km west of it | 2,832 | 5 |
| Dingwall | 19 km northwest of it | 5,274 | 9 |
| Invergordon | 24 km north of it | 3,801 | 3 |
More near Inverness Cathedral
Within 15 km are 21 places, among them 3 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 castles.
Historic houseInverness Castle300 m away2
MuseumInverness Museum & Art Gallery400 m away3MuseumMuseum · National Trust for ScotlandAbertarff House500 m away4CastleCastleAldourie Castle9.9 km away5
CastleCastle Stuart9.1 km away6Historic houseHistoric house · National Trust for ScotlandBalnain House500 m away7
Historic houseRedcastle9.2 km away8CathedralCathedralFortrose Cathedral13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Inverness Cathedral
Where is Inverness Cathedral?
Inverness Cathedral is in Inverness, Highland, inside the town’s locality.
What is Inverness Cathedral?
Church in Inverness, Highland, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Inverness Cathedral?
June to August are the warmest months in Inverness, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Inverness Cathedral a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Inverness Cathedral?
Within 15 km: Inverness Castle (300 m), Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (400 m), Abertarff House (500 m) and Aldourie Castle (9.9 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 (5)
- Inverness Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Inverness Castle: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Inverness Museum & Art Gallery: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Stuart: User StaraBlazkova on cs.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Redcastle: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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