National Piping Centre
National Piping Centre is a museum in Glasgow City. Top of the 104 other places within 15 km is Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, 2.1 km off. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 3 languages.
Museum in Glasgow
Inside Glasgow
National Piping Centre is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 52 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
From June to August, Glasgow sees highs of 18–19°C.
National Piping Centre
Museum in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.
In Glasgow, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Glasgow
- Official site
- thepipingcentre.co.uk
National Piping Centre at a glance
Orange is National Piping Centre; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Glasgow’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Bases near National Piping Centre
The 3 towns are led in size by Glasgow, with 617,904 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where National Piping Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | It’s in town | 617,904 | 101 |
| Rutherglen | 3.5 km southeast of it | 31,185 | 51 |
| Bishopbriggs | 3.5 km northeast of it | 23,759 | 39 |
Combine it with these
There are 104 within 15 km, 4 museums, 3 cathedrals and an art gallery among them.
Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum2.1 km away · 1M visitors a year2
MuseumGlasgow School of Art500 m away3
CathedralGlasgow Cathedral1.4 km away4
Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art800 m away · 596K visitors a year5
Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum3.1 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)6
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral1.3 km away7CathedralCathedralSt Mary's Cathedral1.4 km away8
MuseumPeople's Palace2.1 km away · 290K visitors a yearWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting National Piping Centre
Where is National Piping Centre?
National Piping Centre is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.
What is National Piping Centre?
Museum in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit National Piping Centre?
June to August are the warmest months in Glasgow, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near National Piping Centre?
Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (2.1 km), Glasgow School of Art (500 m), Glasgow Cathedral (1.4 km) and Gallery of Modern Art (800 m).
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)
- National Piping Centre: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, 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
- Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- People's Palace: Emmi Hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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