Museum · Hamilton · South Lanarkshire

Low Parks Museum

Low Parks Museum is a museum in Hamilton. On the official register, it is a category A listed building. Nearby, Motherwell Cathedral (3.3 km) heads a list of 41 within 15 km.

Photo: Low Parks Museum, Supergolden (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Hamilton

inside the locality

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Museum in Hamilton

Inside Hamilton

Low Parks Museum is inside Hamilton’s locality, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Hamilton has 151 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

Picking your season

Warmest in Hamilton are June to August, at 18–19°C.

Jan7° / 1°113 mm

Feb7° / 1°91 mm

Mar9° / 2°80 mm

Apr12° / 4°54 mm

May15° / 6°59 mm

Jun18° / 9°67 mm

Jul19° / 11°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°89 mm

Sep16° / 9°81 mm

Oct13° / 6°111 mm

Nov9° / 3°107 mm

Dec7° / 1°120 mm

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

About

Low Parks Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 3 languages.

Hamilton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Hamilton
Official site: slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/203/low_parks_museum

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

The map

Low Parks Museum on the map

Orange: Low Parks Museum.

Towns near it

Towns near Low Parks Museum

Hamilton tops the 8 for size, at 55,171 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Hamilton

55,171 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km east of it

Motherwell

33,021 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km northwest of it

Bothwell

7,002 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 2.5 km west of it

Blantyre

16,534 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Low Parks Museum is	People	Places to visit
Hamilton	It’s in town	55,171	15
Motherwell	1.3 km east of it	33,021	10
Bothwell	2.3 km northwest of it	7,002	13
Blantyre	2.5 km west of it	16,534	13
Bellshill	2.9 km north of it	19,488	18
New Stevenston	4.2 km northeast of it	6,298	6
Wishaw	4.2 km east of it	30,190	7
Uddingston	4.2 km northwest of it	6,181	7

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Low Parks Museum

Our list has 41 more within 15 km, among them 4 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.

CathedralMotherwell Cathedral3.3 km away 2

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBothwell Castle5 km away 3

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCadzow Castle (ruin)2.4 km away 4

Museum · National Trust for ScotlandDavid Livingstone Museum3.9 km away 5

Theme parkM&D's Theme Park2.3 km away 6

CastleDalzell House3.7 km away 7

MuseumPeople's Palace15 km away · 290K visitors a year 8

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCraignethan Castle13 km away

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

A visit to Low Parks Museum: questions

Where is Low Parks Museum?

Low Parks Museum is in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, inside the town’s locality.

What is Low Parks Museum?

Museum in Hamilton, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Low Parks Museum?

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

Is Low Parks Museum a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Low Parks Museum?

Within 15 km: Motherwell Cathedral (3.3 km), Bothwell Castle (5 km), Cadzow Castle (ruin) (2.4 km) and David Livingstone Museum (3.9 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 (9)

Low Parks Museum: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Motherwell Cathedral: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bothwell Castle: James Mérigot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cadzow Castle (ruin): Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
David Livingstone Museum: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
M&D's Theme Park: Gordon McKinlay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dalzell House: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
People's Palace: Emmi Hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Craignethan Castle: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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