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The Gordon Highlanders Museum

The Gordon Highlanders Museum is a military museum in Aberdeen. Its status is a category B listed building. Close by, St Mary's Cathedral is 2.6 km away, one of 24 within 15 km.

Photo: The Gordon Highlanders Museum, LindaAnn08 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Aberdeen

inside the locality

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 18–18°C

In brief

Museum in Aberdeen

Inside Aberdeen

The Gordon Highlanders Museum is inside Aberdeen’s locality, with 17 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category B 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

Choosing a month

The warmest months in Aberdeen are July and August, with highs of 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

The Gordon Highlanders Museum

It is written up in 3 Wikipedias.

Aberdeen’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Category B listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Aberdeen
Official site: gordonhighlanders.com

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

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Where The Gordon Highlanders Museum is

The map centres on The Gordon Highlanders Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Bases near The Gordon Highlanders Museum

With 192,968 people, Aberdeen is the largest of the 4. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Aberdeen

192,968 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 3.9 km northwest of it

Kingswells

4,776 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 4.6 km southeast of it

Cove Bay

7,926 people · 12 places to visit

4 · 4.9 km southwest of it

Milltimber

3,049 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where The Gordon Highlanders Museum is	People	Places to visit
Aberdeen	It’s in town	192,968	21
Kingswells	3.9 km northwest of it	4,776	4
Cove Bay	4.6 km southeast of it	7,926	12
Milltimber	4.9 km southwest of it	3,049	6

Make a day of it

Around The Gordon Highlanders Museum

Choose from 24 places within 15 km, such as 3 cathedrals, 3 museums and 2 castles.

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral2.6 km away 2

CathedralSt Machar's Cathedral4.5 km away 3

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral3.5 km away 4

MuseumAberdeen Art Gallery2.9 km away 5

CastleAberdeen Castle3.6 km away 6

MuseumAberdeen Maritime Museum3.3 km away 7

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandDrum Castle12 km away 8

MuseumTolbooth Museum3.4 km away

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

Know before you visit The Gordon Highlanders Museum

Where is The Gordon Highlanders Museum?

The Gordon Highlanders Museum is in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, inside the town’s locality.

What is The Gordon Highlanders Museum?

Military museum in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit The Gordon Highlanders Museum?

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

Is The Gordon Highlanders Museum a listed building?

Yes: category B listed building.

What else is there to see near The Gordon Highlanders Museum?

Within 15 km: St Mary's Cathedral (2.6 km), St Machar's Cathedral (4.5 km), St Andrew's Cathedral (3.5 km) and Aberdeen Art Gallery (2.9 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)

The Gordon Highlanders Museum: LindaAnn08, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
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
Aberdeen Maritime Museum: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Drum Castle: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tolbooth Museum: Ragazzi99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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