Alness Heritage Centre is Alness’ place to visit
One place to visit is mapped inside Alness’ locality, with 2 more within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are 2 museums and an attraction. A longer outing takes you to Fort George, 17 km off.
The first to see in Alness
An attraction and a museum follow Alness Heritage Centre.
Each 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 Alness
Out at 5.6 km is Invergordon Naval Museum & Heritage Centre, the farthest.
The dashed line is Alness’ locality; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
By kind
2 of the 3 are museums or galleries, more than any other kind.
Green: inside Alness. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
The one inside Alness comes first, then 2 more within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Alness comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
14 listed buildings are on Alness’ History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Alness →
Out of town
Out of town, Fort George (17 km) leads 12 names to know.
CathedralInverness Cathedral25 km southHistoric houseHistoric houseDunrobin Castle36 km northeastCastleCastleCastle Craig6.6 km south
Historic houseInverness Castle25 km southCastleCastleCawdor Castle28 km southeastCathedralCathedralDornoch Cathedral24 km northeastCastleCastleDornoch Castle24 km northeast
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandBrodie Castle34 km eastHistoric houseHistoric houseCarbisdale Castle27 km north
CastleBrahan Castle21 km southwestCathedralCathedralFortrose Cathedral15 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Alness (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.
Questions before you go to Alness
What are the main attractions in Alness?
The place to visit inside Alness’ locality is Alness Heritage Centre. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 2 more within 5 km.
Does Alness have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Alness: Alness Heritage Centre and Invergordon Naval Museum & Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust for Scotland or Historic Environment Scotland property near Alness?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Brodie Castle (National Trust for Scotland), 34 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Alness?
Within 40 km: Fort George (17 km), Inverness Cathedral (25 km), Dunrobin Castle (36 km), Castle Craig (6.6 km).
Where are Alness’ historic buildings listed?
Alness has 14 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 Alness 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 (4)
- Inverness Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Inverness Castle: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brodie Castle: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brahan Castle: W. Ritchie & Sons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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