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Stranraer Museum
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Stranraer Museum

Stranraer Museum is a museum in Dumfries and Galloway. It stands inside Stranraer’s locality. There are 6 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Castle of St John (200 m).

Photo: Stranraer Museum, Rose and Trev Clough (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
In Stranraer
inside the locality
Warmest months
Jun–Aug
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Museum in Stranraer

Inside Stranraer

Stranraer Museum is inside Stranraer’s locality, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

For warmth, aim for June to August (17–19°C highs in Stranraer).

Jan7° / 2°120 mm
Feb8° / 2°93 mm
Mar10° / 3°89 mm
Apr12° / 4°70 mm
May15° / 7°70 mm
Jun17° / 9°75 mm
Jul19° / 11°85 mm
Aug19° / 11°94 mm
Sep17° / 10°94 mm
Oct13° / 7°140 mm
Nov10° / 4°137 mm
Dec8° / 3°135 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Stranraer, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Stranraer. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Stranraer’s full climate →
About

Stranraer Museum

Museum in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

In Stranraer, inside the town’s locality.

Type
Museum
Town
in Stranraer
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Finding Stranraer Museum

The numbers show what else is near Stranraer Museum, in the order listed below.

123456

© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Stranraer’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Stranraer Museum

All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Stranraer

9,729 people · 4 places to visit

Make a day of it

Other places close by

A visit can add 5 castles and an abbey or priory, from 6 places within 15 km.

1CastleCastle of St John200 m away2CastleNorth West Castle400 m away3CastleCastleLochnaw Castle7.1 km away4Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryGlenluce Abbey13 km away5CastleCastle Kennedy5.1 km away6CastleCastleCastle of Park13 km away

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

Stranraer Museum: what to know

Where is Stranraer Museum?

Stranraer Museum is in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, inside the town’s locality.

What is Stranraer Museum?

Museum in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Stranraer Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in Stranraer, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Stranraer Museum?

Within 15 km: Castle of St John (200 m), North West Castle (400 m), Lochnaw Castle (7.1 km) and Glenluce Abbey (13 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)

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