St John's Cathedral
St John's Cathedral is one of the places to visit in Oban. The surrounding 5 km hold 10 more places to visit. It counts as a category C listed building.
Cathedral in Oban
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 Oban
St John's Cathedral is inside Oban’s locality, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category C listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Oban has 77 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
In Oban, July and August are the warmest, at 18°C in the afternoon.
St John's Cathedral
Its story is told in 11 languages on Wikipedia. Top of the list nearby is St Columba's Cathedral, 500 m away.
- Type
- Cathedral
- Listed
- Category C listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 11 languages
- Town
- in Oban
- Official site
- stjohnsoban.org.uk
Getting to St John's Cathedral
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; St John's Cathedral is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Oban’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Towns that list St John's Cathedral
Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Oban
Pair St John's Cathedral with these
A visit can add 5 castles, 2 cathedrals and a historic house, from 18 places within 15 km.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDunstaffnage Castle4.8 km away3
CastleDunollie Castle1.3 km away4CastleCastleDuart Castle12 km away5
CastleGylen Castle6.6 km away6CastleCastleBarcaldine Castle11 km away7CathedralCathedralSt Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore13 km away8Historic houseHistoric houseTorosay Castle14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about St John's Cathedral
Where is St John's Cathedral?
St John's Cathedral is in Oban, Argyll and Bute, inside the town’s locality.
What is St John's Cathedral?
Cathedral.
When is the best time to visit St John's Cathedral?
July and August are the warmest months in Oban, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is St John's Cathedral a listed building?
Yes: category C listed building.
What else is there to see near St John's Cathedral?
Within 15 km: St Columba's Cathedral (500 m), Dunstaffnage Castle (4.8 km), Dunollie Castle (1.3 km) and Duart Castle (12 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 (4)
- St John's Cathedral: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunstaffnage Castle: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunollie Castle: George Reid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gylen Castle: Macsels, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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