Scottish Maritime Museum
Scottish Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Irvine and Dumbarton. Look also at Eglinton Castle, 3.6 km away, first of 20 more within 15 km. It has articles in 3 Wikipedias.
Museum in Irvine
Inside Irvine
Scottish Maritime Museum is inside Irvine’s locality, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons in Irvine
Aim for June to August, when Irvine reaches 18–19°C.
Scottish Maritime Museum
Maritime museum in Irvine and Dumbarton, Scotland, United Kingdom.
In Irvine, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Irvine
- Official site
- scottishmaritimemuseum.org
Around Scottish Maritime Museum, mapped
Scottish Maritime Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Irvine’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
The towns around Scottish Maritime Museum
The 5 towns are led in size by Irvine, with 34,005 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Irvine
Dreghorn
Kilwinning
Stevenston
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Scottish Maritime Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvine | It’s in town | 34,005 | 11 |
| Dreghorn | 2.4 km east of it | 3,362 | 7 |
| Kilwinning | 3.5 km north of it | 16,224 | 10 |
| Stevenston | 3.5 km northwest of it | 8,658 | 11 |
| Troon | 4.5 km south of it | 15,271 | 4 |
Nearby, too
20 more lie within 15 km, 7 castles and an abbey or priory among them.
CastleEglinton Castle3.6 km away2
Abbey or prioryKilwinning Abbey5.1 km away3
CastleDundonald Castle6.2 km away4
CastleKerelaw Castle6.4 km away5
CastleAuchans5.5 km away6
CastleArdrossan Castle9.1 km away7
CastleDean Castle12 km away8
CastleCaprington Castle9.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Scottish Maritime Museum
Where is Scottish Maritime Museum?
Scottish Maritime Museum is in Irvine, North Ayrshire, inside the town’s locality.
What is Scottish Maritime Museum?
Maritime museum in Irvine and Dumbarton, Scotland, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Scottish Maritime Museum?
June to August are the warmest months in Irvine, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Scottish Maritime Museum?
Within 15 km: Eglinton Castle (3.6 km), Kilwinning Abbey (5.1 km), Dundonald Castle (6.2 km) and Kerelaw Castle (6.4 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)
- Scottish Maritime Museum: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eglinton Castle: Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilwinning Abbey: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dundonald Castle: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerelaw Castle: Rosser1954 - Roger Griffith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auchans: Rosser1954, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardrossan Castle: TravisNygard, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Castle: Fraser Sutherland, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Caprington Castle: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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