The nearest draw to Harthill: Scottish Owl Centre, 2 km away
Museums or galleries make up 3 of the 5 places on the list. Harthill itself has none of them. Travel 23 km and you reach Antonine Wall.
Leading the list near Harthill
The rest of the best known are 3 museums and a historic site.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
On the map
Out of town, most of the 5 are to the east.
The dashed line is Harthill’s locality; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
What is on offer
Museums or galleries lead the count with 3 of 5.
Green: inside Harthill. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
5 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
Names further out
Leading the 12 is Antonine Wall, 23 km away; they include 4 museums and 2 castles.
FortAntonine Wall23 km northwest
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle36 km east
PalaceLinlithgow Palace16 km northeastCastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandStirling Castle32 km northwest
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery36 km east · 661K visitors a year (2021)
Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum34 km west · 1M visitors a year
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse38 km east
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland36 km east
CathedralGlasgow Cathedral30 km west
MuseumGlasgow School of Art32 km west
Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum35 km west · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral36 km eastPlaces well known beyond Harthill (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.
Seeing Harthill: your questions
What is there to see near Harthill?
No attraction is mapped inside Harthill itself. Within 5 km of it are Scottish Owl Centre, Blackridge Museum, Whitburn Community Museum and Shotts Heritage Centre.
Does Harthill have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Harthill: Blackridge Museum, Whitburn Community Museum and Shotts Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust for Scotland or Historic Environment Scotland property near Harthill?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Edinburgh Castle (Historic Environment Scotland), 36 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Harthill?
Within 40 km: Antonine Wall (23 km), Edinburgh Castle (36 km), Linlithgow Palace (16 km), Stirling Castle (32 km).
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 Harthill 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 (11)
- Antonine Wall: Chris Wimbush, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linlithgow Palace: Alex Sanz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 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
- Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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