Chesterville and District Heritage Centre opens Winchester’s list
We list 2 places to visit inside Winchester’s municipal boundary and 2 within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in 3 museums and a zoo. At 28 km, Upper Canada Village is worth the journey.
Highlights of Winchester
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to go
At the edge of the map sits Swords and Ploughshares Museum, 23 km out.
The dashed line is Winchester’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What sort of places
The biggest group is museums or galleries, with 3 of the 4.
Green: inside Winchester. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
The 2 inside Winchester come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Winchester → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Winchester →
Worth the drive
Theme parkUpper Canada Village28 km east
Theme parkCalypso Park28 km north
MuseumBattle of Crysler's Farm28 km eastPlaces well known beyond Winchester (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Your questions on Winchester
What are the main attractions in Winchester?
Vanderlaand The Barnyard Zoo is the place to visit within Winchester’s municipal boundary.
Does Winchester have a museum?
In or within 5 km of Winchester: Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Winchester?
Not within 5 km of Winchester: none is on our list.
What are the best-known days out near Winchester?
Worth the drive, within 40 km: Calypso Park (28 km), Battle of Crysler's Farm (28 km).
How is this list made?
The list joins OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, one entry per site: museums, galleries, historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. Forts, houses and churches need something that shows they welcome visitors, and hotels, restaurants and tours are never included. What lies inside the town’s 2021 outline, or within 5 km of it, is listed.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Upper Canada Village: Bodoklecksel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calypso Park: P199, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Battle of Crysler's Farm: D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).