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Pollok House

Pollok House is a category A listed building in Glasgow. Its care is managed by National Trust for Scotland. Add Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, 4.8 km away, to a visit; it leads 95 places within 15 km.

Photo: Pollok House, LornaMCampbell (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Glasgow

inside the locality

Run by

National Trust for Scotland

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Historic house in Glasgow

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#598 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Glasgow

Pollok House is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 26 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by National Trust for Scotland

One of the places National Trust for Scotland looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Glasgow has 1,795 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

How the seasons run

Warm weather in Glasgow runs June to August, with highs of 18–19°C.

Jan7° / 2°121 mm

Feb8° / 2°99 mm

Mar10° / 3°85 mm

Apr12° / 5°62 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°69 mm

Jul19° / 12°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°91 mm

Sep17° / 9°89 mm

Oct13° / 7°121 mm

Nov9° / 4°114 mm

Dec7° / 2°128 mm

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

About

Pollok House

9 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Glasgow’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust for Scotland
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Glasgow
Official site: nts.org.uk/Property/Pollok-House

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

The map

Where it sits

Orange: Pollok House.

Towns near it

Towns that list Pollok House

The largest of the 8 towns is Glasgow, with 617,904 people. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Glasgow

617,904 people · 101 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km south of it

Thornliebank

4,084 people · 20 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km southeast of it

Giffnock

11,963 people · 25 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km southwest of it

Barrhead

17,608 people · 15 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Pollok House is	People	Places to visit
Glasgow	It’s in town	617,904	101
Thornliebank	1.9 km south of it	4,084	20
Giffnock	2.1 km southeast of it	11,963	25
Barrhead	3.4 km southwest of it	17,608	15
Netherlee	3.5 km southeast of it	4,493	19
Paisley	3.5 km west of it	79,351	27
Newton Mearns	3.9 km south of it	28,447	17
Stamperland	3.9 km southeast of it	3,497	17

Make a day of it

Places to add to Pollok House

Among the 95 within 15 km are 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery.

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum4.8 km away · 1M visitors a year 2

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum4.2 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)3

MuseumGlasgow School of Art5.4 km away 4

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral6.5 km away 5MuseumMuseumThe Burrell Collection700 m away 6

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art5.4 km away · 596K visitors a year 7

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral5.1 km away 8

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCrookston Castle2.5 km away

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

Visiting Pollok House: the answers

Where is Pollok House?

Pollok House is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.

What is Pollok House?

Category A listed building in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Who runs Pollok House?

National Trust for Scotland, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Pollok House?

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

Is Pollok House a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Pollok House?

Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (4.8 km), Riverside Museum (4.2 km), Glasgow School of Art (5.4 km) and Glasgow Cathedral (6.5 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 (8)

Pollok House: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, 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
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crookston Castle: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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