Where to go from Robinstown
Bective Abbey is the only place we list in Robinstown or within 5 km of its edge. The trip to Trim Castle is 6.1 km. 12 places lie within 40 km, 5 castles and 2 historic houses among them.
Nearby first
Bective Abbey stands 2.1 km from the centre. Bective Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey in Meath.
1The lie of the land
7 places are numbered, in the order below.
Robinstown is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What they are
10 are castles or historic places; museums or galleries come next with 2.
Green: inside Robinstown. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
4 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Trim Castle, Kilmainham Gaol, Old Mellifont Abbey and Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle).
Place by place
These 13 are within 40 km, none in town.
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle
Tower house in Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland.
Monasterboice High Cross and Round Tower
Monastic site in Ireland.
Dunsany Castle and Demesne
Castle begun 12th century, in continuous ownership, County Meath, Ireland.
What is in or close to Robinstown 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 Robinstown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Robinstown →
Big names within reach
Here are the best known of the 12 within 40 km.
2Castle · Office of Public WorksTrim Castle6.1 km southwest
3CastleSlane Castle17 km northeast
4Historic houseKells High Crosses18 km northwest
Big draw5ZooDublin Zoo38 km southeast · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
6Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol39 km southeast
7MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art40 km southeast
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksOld Mellifont Abbey24 km northeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksPhoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle37 km southeast
CathedralTrim Cathedral5.8 km southwest
Historic houseMonasterboice High Cross and Round Tower29 km northeast
CastleDunsany Castle and Demesne9.6 km southeast
CastleDangan Castle10 km southThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Trim →
Robinstown: questions and answers
What is there to see near Robinstown?
No attraction is mapped inside Robinstown itself. Within 5 km of it are Bective Abbey.
Does Robinstown have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Robinstown.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Robinstown?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Trim Castle (Office of Public Works), 6.1 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Robinstown?
Within 40 km: Trim Castle (6.1 km), Slane Castle (17 km), Kells High Crosses (18 km), Dublin Zoo (38 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 (7)
- Bective Abbey: Klennon77, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trim Castle: Billy Irwin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Slane Castle: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kells High Crosses: Pinacle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, 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).