Old Bridge House Museum
Old Bridge House Museum is a museum in Dumfries. Look also at Caerlaverock Castle, 12 km away, first of 13 more within 15 km.
Museum in Dumfries
Inside Dumfries
Old Bridge House Museum is inside Dumfries’ locality, with 5 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 warmest afternoons in Dumfries run June to September, at 17–20°C.
Old Bridge House Museum
Museum in Dumfries, Scotland, UK.
In Dumfries, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Dumfries
- Official site
- dgculture.co.uk/venue/old-bridge-house-museum
When it is open
Mapping Old Bridge House Museum
Orange shows Old Bridge House Museum; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dumfries’ locality. · NRS locality 2022
Towns near Old Bridge House Museum
The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Dumfries
Locharbriggs
Compare the 2 towns
| Town | Where Old Bridge House Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dumfries | It’s in town | 33,694 | 8 |
| Locharbriggs | 2.5 km northeast of it | 5,488 | 6 |
Worth adding to a visit
Choose from 13 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, 3 castles and an abbey or priory.
MuseumDumfries Museum300 m away3Abbey or prioryAbbey or priorySweetheart Abbey9.8 km away4
MuseumGracefield Arts Centre900 m away5
MuseumGarden of Cosmic Speculation7.6 km away6
MuseumDumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum4 km away7CastleCastleComlongon Castle13 km away8CastleCastleDrumcoltran Tower13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Old Bridge House Museum: common questions
Where is Old Bridge House Museum?
Old Bridge House Museum is in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, inside the town’s locality.
What is Old Bridge House Museum?
Museum in Dumfries, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Old Bridge House Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Dumfries, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Old Bridge House Museum?
Within 15 km: Caerlaverock Castle (12 km), Dumfries Museum (300 m), Sweetheart Abbey (9.8 km) and Gracefield Arts Centre (900 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 (4)
- Dumfries Museum: FutureMuseumSW, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gracefield Arts Centre: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garden of Cosmic Speculation: David Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum: Expatscot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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