Photo: Smirkybec · CC BY-SA 4.0Places to visit near Ballon
Close by, the list has a single place: Altamont House and Gardens, within 5 km of its edge. For a day out, Ballymoon Castle is 9.6 km away. 12 places lie within 40 km, 6 castles and 4 cathedrals among them.
Closest at hand
From the centre, Altamont House and Gardens is 4.1 km away.
Distances on the map
The 7 numbers match the tiles below.
Ballon is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
A breakdown by kind
Most common are castles or historic places: 12 of 13.
Green: inside Ballon. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
2 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Altamont House and Gardens and Jerpoint Abbey).
The list in full
You will find all 13 within 40 km.
Huntington Castle and Gardens
Castle in Clonegal, County Carlow, Ireland.
Shankill Castle and Gardens
Castle incorporated into a house in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
St Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower
Cathedral in Kilkenny, Ireland.
What is in or close to Ballon comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Ballon → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ballon →
Out of town
Our list has 12 places within 40 km; these lead.
2CastleBallymoon Castle9.6 km southwest
3CastleBallyloughan Castle11 km north
4CastleCarlow Castle15 km northwest
5CastleKilkenny Castle33 km west
6CastleHuntington Castle and Gardens10 km southeast
7CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary15 km northwest
FortRathgall Hillfort11 km northeast
CastleShankill Castle and Gardens17 km west
CathedralSt Aidan's Cathedral30 km southeast
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral34 km west
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksJerpoint Abbey36 km southwest
CathedralSt Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower34 km westThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Tullow →
Practical questions about Ballon
What is there to see near Ballon?
No attraction is mapped inside Ballon itself. Within 5 km of it are Altamont House and Gardens.
Does Ballon have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Ballon.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Ballon?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Ballon, 1 place is cared for by the Office of Public Works (Altamont House and Gardens).
What are the best-known days out near Ballon?
Within 40 km: Ballymoon Castle (9.6 km), Ballyloughan Castle (11 km), Carlow Castle (15 km), Kilkenny Castle (33 km).
How is this list made?
From Fáilte Ireland’s open data on attractions (museums, castles, historic houses, abbeys, gardens, national parks, landscapes, islands, zoos and visitor farms: restaurants, pubs, shops and tour operators are left out), OpenStreetMap (places open to visitors; a ruined castle on farmland needs a sign it can be visited) and Wikidata (what each place is, who looks after it, its Wikipedia articles), merged into one list and placed in the town’s CSO 2022 outline or within 5 km of its edge.
Places to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in each town’s CSO 2022 outline. 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 (6)
- Ballymoon Castle: Poleary91, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyloughan Castle: VisionsofthePast, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlow Castle: Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilkenny Castle: Tolivero~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Huntington Castle and Gardens: Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary: Joe Byrne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).