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St Machar's Cathedral

St Machar's Cathedral is a church in Aberdeen. The register lists it as a scheduled monument. Add St Mary's Cathedral, 2.7 km away, to a visit; it leads 20 places within 15 km.

Photo: St Machar's Cathedral, PaulT (Gunther Tschuch) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Aberdeen

inside the locality

How well known

Top 5%

#410 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

#410 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (14 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Aberdeen

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

Scheduled monument

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

Month by month in Aberdeen

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 Machar's Cathedral

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 14 languages.

Aberdeen’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 14 languages
Town: in Aberdeen
Official site: stmachar.com

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

The map

On this map, St Machar's Cathedral is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Aberdeen tops the 8 for size, at 192,968 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Aberdeen

192,968 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 6.2 km northwest of it

Dyce

6,998 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 7.3 km west of it

Kingswells

4,776 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 7.7 km south of it

Cove Bay

7,926 people · 12 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Machar's Cathedral is	People	Places to visit
Aberdeen	It’s in town	192,968	21
Dyce	6.2 km northwest of it	6,998	4
Kingswells	7.3 km west of it	4,776	4
Cove Bay	7.7 km south of it	7,926	12
Milltimber	10 km southwest of it	3,049	6
Westhill	12 km west of it	11,778	1
Blackburn	12 km west of it	2,985	2
Newmachar	12 km northwest of it	2,527	0

Make a day of it

Beyond St Machar's Cathedral

Choose from 20 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral2.7 km away 2

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral2.4 km away 3

MuseumAberdeen Art Gallery2.4 km away 4

CastleAberdeen Castle2.4 km away 5

GardenCruickshank Botanic Garden300 m away 6

MuseumAberdeen Maritime Museum2.6 km away 7

MuseumKing's Museum300 m away 8

MuseumTolbooth Museum2.5 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is St Machar's Cathedral?

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

What is St Machar's Cathedral?

Church in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit St Machar'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 Machar's Cathedral a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

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

Within 15 km: St Mary's Cathedral (2.7 km), St Andrew's Cathedral (2.4 km), Aberdeen Art Gallery (2.4 km) and Aberdeen Castle (2.4 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)

St Machar's Cathedral: PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Cruickshank Botanic Garden: PMJ at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdeen Maritime Museum: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
King's Museum: Martyn Gorman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tolbooth Museum: Ragazzi99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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