Balgonie Castle heads the list around Kennoway
Of the 5 places to visit in and around Kennoway, 3 are museums or galleries. Kennoway itself has none of them. Set 31 km out, Edinburgh Castle makes a day trip.
The first to see around Kennoway
Following Balgonie Castle are 3 museums and a heritage railway.
CastleBalgonie Castle3.5 km outside town, to the southwest
Heritage railwayFife Heritage Railway1.8 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumMethil Heritage Centre2.9 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumBuckhaven Museum3.5 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumWemyss Cave Museum & Visitor Centre5 km outside town, to the southEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped around Kennoway
The outermost point is Wemyss Cave Museum & Visitor Centre, at 6.2 km.
The dashed line is Kennoway’s locality; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
What sort of places
Museums or galleries lead the count with 3 of 5.
Green: inside Kennoway. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The list in full
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 5 places.
Methil Heritage Centre
Museum in Lower Methil, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Wemyss Cave Museum & Visitor Centre
Visitor centre in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
16 listed buildings are on Kennoway’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kennoway →
Worth the drive
Edinburgh Castle (31 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle31 km south
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandFalkland Palace Gardens11 km northwest
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery31 km south · 661K visitors a year (2021)
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse30 km south
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland31 km south
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral31 km south
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandLoch Leven Castle21 km west
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandTantallon Castle30 km southeast · 31K visitors a year (2009)
Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery30 km south · 313K visitors a year (2015)
MuseumHMY Britannia27 km south
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins)30 km southwest
Abbey or prioryHolyrood Abbey30 km southPlaces well known beyond Kennoway (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust for Scotland or Historic Environment Scotland property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Your questions on Kennoway
What is there to see near Kennoway?
No attraction is mapped inside Kennoway itself. Within 5 km of it are Balgonie Castle, Fife Heritage Railway, Methil Heritage Centre and Buckhaven Museum.
Does Kennoway have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Kennoway: Methil Heritage Centre, Buckhaven Museum and Wemyss Cave Museum & Visitor Centre.
Is there a National Trust for Scotland or Historic Environment Scotland property near Kennoway?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Edinburgh Castle (Historic Environment Scotland), 31 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Kennoway?
Within 40 km: Edinburgh Castle (31 km), Falkland Palace Gardens (11 km), National Gallery (31 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (30 km).
Where are Kennoway’s historic buildings listed?
Kennoway has 16 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic Environment Scotland’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Kennoway when it is inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (14)
- Balgonie Castle: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fife Heritage Railway: QTXAdsy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Falkland Palace Gardens: Sam Styles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loch Leven Castle: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tantallon Castle: Lynne Kirton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMY Britannia: Akiramenai, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins): Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holyrood Abbey: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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