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St Andrew's Cathedral

St Andrew's Cathedral is a church in Aberdeen. Officially, it is a category A listed building. Within 15 km there are 21 more places to visit, starting with St Mary's Cathedral (900 m).

Photo: St Andrew's Cathedral, Chris Downer (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Aberdeen

inside the locality

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 18–18°C

In brief

Cathedral in Aberdeen

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 (11 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Aberdeen

St Andrew's Cathedral is inside Aberdeen’s locality, with 16 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Aberdeen has 1,086 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

Weather through the year

July and August bring the warmest afternoons to Aberdeen, at 18°C.

Jan7° / 1°69 mm

Feb7° / 1°65 mm

Mar9° / 2°54 mm

Apr11° / 4°58 mm

May13° / 6°53 mm

Jun16° / 9°67 mm

Jul18° / 11°74 mm

Aug18° / 11°72 mm

Sep16° / 9°60 mm

Oct12° / 6°99 mm

Nov9° / 3°91 mm

Dec7° / 1°77 mm

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

About

St Andrew's Cathedral

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 11 languages.

Aberdeen’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 11 languages
Town: in Aberdeen
Official site: cathedral.aberdeen.anglican.org

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; St Andrew's Cathedral is the orange one.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

The most populous of the 8 is Aberdeen, at 192,968. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Aberdeen

192,968 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 4.4 km south of it

Cove Bay

7,926 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 7.8 km west of it

Kingswells

4,776 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 8.2 km northwest of it

Dyce

6,998 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Andrew's Cathedral is	People	Places to visit
Aberdeen	It’s in town	192,968	21
Cove Bay	4.4 km south of it	7,926	12
Kingswells	7.8 km west of it	4,776	4
Dyce	8.2 km northwest of it	6,998	4
Milltimber	9.5 km southwest of it	3,049	6
Portlethen	10 km south of it	8,965	3
Peterculter	12 km southwest of it	4,359	5
Westhill	12 km west of it	11,778	1

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Nearby, 21 places within 15 km include 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral900 m away 2

CathedralSt Machar's Cathedral2.4 km away 3

MuseumAberdeen Art Gallery600 m away 4

CastleAberdeen Castle200 m away 5

MuseumAberdeen Maritime Museum300 m away 6

MuseumTolbooth Museum100 m away 7

Theme parkCodona's Amusement Park800 m away 8

GardenCruickshank Botanic Garden2.2 km away

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

St Andrew's Cathedral, answered

Where is St Andrew's Cathedral?

St Andrew's Cathedral is in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, inside the town’s locality.

What is St Andrew's Cathedral?

Church in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit St Andrew's Cathedral?

July and August are the warmest months in Aberdeen, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is St Andrew's Cathedral a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near St Andrew's Cathedral?

Within 15 km: St Mary's Cathedral (900 m), St Machar's Cathedral (2.4 km), Aberdeen Art Gallery (600 m) and Aberdeen Castle (200 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 (9)

St Andrew's Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Machar's Cathedral: PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdeen Art Gallery: Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdeen Castle: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdeen Maritime Museum: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tolbooth Museum: Ragazzi99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Codona's Amusement Park: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cruickshank Botanic Garden: PMJ at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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