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The Burrell Collection

The Burrell Collection is an art museum in Glasgow. On the official register, it is a category A listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 95 more places, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (4.3 km) first on our list.

Where

In Glasgow

inside the locality

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Museum in Glasgow

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 Glasgow

The Burrell Collection is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 48 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Glasgow has 1,795 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

The seasons here

Warmest in Glasgow are June to August, at 18–19°C.

Jan7° / 2°121 mm

Feb8° / 2°99 mm

Mar10° / 3°85 mm

Apr12° / 5°62 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°69 mm

Jul19° / 12°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°91 mm

Sep17° / 9°89 mm

Oct13° / 7°121 mm

Nov9° / 4°114 mm

Dec7° / 2°128 mm

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

About

The Burrell Collection

It is written up in 11 Wikipedias.

Glasgow’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 11 languages
Town: in Glasgow
Official site: burrellcollection.com

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

Plan your visit

Practical details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Map of The Burrell Collection and nearby

The Burrell Collection is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns around The Burrell Collection, by distance

In size, Glasgow comes first of the 8, with 617,904 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Glasgow

617,904 people · 101 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km south of it

Giffnock

11,963 people · 25 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km south of it

Thornliebank

4,084 people · 20 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km southeast of it

Netherlee

4,493 people · 19 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Burrell Collection is	People	Places to visit
Glasgow	It’s in town	617,904	101
Giffnock	2.1 km south of it	11,963	25
Thornliebank	2.2 km south of it	4,084	20
Netherlee	3.2 km southeast of it	4,493	19
Stamperland	3.8 km southeast of it	3,497	17
Paisley	4.1 km west of it	79,351	27
Clarkston	4.1 km south of it	9,486	19
Barrhead	4.2 km southwest of it	17,608	15

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Other places close by

There are 95 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery among them.

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum4.3 km away · 1M visitors a year 2

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum3.8 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)3

MuseumGlasgow School of Art4.8 km away 4

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral5.8 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art4.7 km away · 596K visitors a year 6

Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandPollok House700 m away 7

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral4.4 km away 8

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCrookston Castle3 km away

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

The Burrell Collection in questions

Where is The Burrell Collection?

The Burrell Collection is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.

What is The Burrell Collection?

Art museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit The Burrell Collection?

June to August are the warmest months in Glasgow, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is The Burrell Collection a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near The Burrell Collection?

Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (4.3 km), Riverside Museum (3.8 km), Glasgow School of Art (4.8 km) and Glasgow Cathedral (5.8 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 (8)

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pollok House: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crookston Castle: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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