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Kinneil Museum

Set in Bo'ness is Kinneil Museum. Add any of 10 more places within 5 km to a visit. A short trip away is Linlithgow Palace, 3.8 km off.

Where

In Bo'ness

inside the locality

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Museum in Bo'ness

Inside Bo'ness

Kinneil Museum is inside Bo'ness’ locality, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The seasons here

In Bo'ness, June to August bring the warmest days: highs of 18–19°C.

Jan7° / 2°83 mm

Feb8° / 2°76 mm

Mar9° / 3°62 mm

Apr12° / 4°50 mm

May15° / 7°48 mm

Jun18° / 9°79 mm

Jul19° / 11°71 mm

Aug19° / 11°88 mm

Sep17° / 9°68 mm

Oct13° / 6°98 mm

Nov10° / 4°92 mm

Dec7° / 1°88 mm

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

About

Kinneil Museum

Museum in Boness, Scotland, UK.

In Bo'ness, inside the town’s locality.

Type: Museum
Town: in Bo'ness

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

The map

The area around Kinneil Museum

Orange shows Kinneil Museum; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Grangemouth tops the 4 for size, at 16,028 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Bo'ness

14,875 people · 18 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km southeast of it

Linlithgow

12,522 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km west of it

Grangemouth

16,028 people · 18 places to visit

4 · 4.4 km southwest of it

Polmont

5,044 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Kinneil Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bo'ness	It’s in town	14,875	18
Linlithgow	2.6 km southeast of it	12,522	15
Grangemouth	2.6 km west of it	16,028	18
Polmont	4.4 km southwest of it	5,044	11

Make a day of it

After Kinneil Museum

Also close at hand are 5 castles, a palace and a historic house, among 51 within 15 km.

PalaceLinlithgow Palace3.8 km away 2

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandKinneil House100 m away 3

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBlackness Castle7.2 km away 4

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins)12 km away 5

Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandHouse of the Binns7.1 km away 6Heritage railwayHeritage railwayBo'ness and Kinneil Railway2.2 km away 7

CastleAirth Castle10 km away 8

CastleMidhope Castle9.2 km away

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

Asked about Kinneil Museum

Where is Kinneil Museum?

Kinneil Museum is in Bo'ness, Falkirk, inside the town’s locality.

What is Kinneil Museum?

Museum in Boness, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Kinneil Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Kinneil Museum?

Within 15 km: Linlithgow Palace (3.8 km), Kinneil House (100 m), Blackness Castle (7.2 km) and Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins) (12 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 (7)

Linlithgow Palace: Alex Sanz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kinneil House: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackness Castle: Dr John Wells, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins): Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
House of the Binns: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Airth Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Midhope Castle: Camer01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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