4.6 km from Ongar, Aquazone leads the list
Most of what there is to see is castles or historic places: 4 of 6. All of them lie outside Ongar. Drive 13 km to reach Dublin Castle.
Leading the list near Ongar
After Aquazone come 2 castles, a church and a garden.
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 6 are to the southwest.
The dashed line is Ongar’s neighbourhood; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What there is to see
Most common are castles or historic places: 4 of 6.
Green: inside Ongar. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The places, one by one
These 6 are all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Ongar → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ongar →
Out of town
Start with Dublin Castle, 13 km off, the best known of 12.
Big drawZooDublin Zoo9.8 km southeast · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral13 km southeast
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland14 km southeast · 783K visitors a year
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol11 km southeast
MuseumNational Library of Ireland14 km southeast
Historic houseLeinster House14 km southeast
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral13 km southeast
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty13 km southeast
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green14 km southeast
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland14 km southeast
MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art11 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Ongar (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Office of Public Works or National Parks and Wildlife Service property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Visiting Ongar: the answers
What is there to see near Ongar?
No attraction is mapped inside Ongar itself. Within 5 km of it are Aquazone, St Mary's Church Leixlip, Leixlip Castle and Hamwood House and Gardens.
Does Ongar have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Ongar.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Ongar?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dublin Castle (Office of Public Works), 13 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Ongar?
Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (13 km), Dublin Zoo (9.8 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (13 km), National Museum of Ireland (14 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 (11)
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Stephen's Green: Dronepicr (edited by King of Hearts ) Edit corrects CA and sharpens image, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irish Museum of Modern Art: self, 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).