Spanish Armada Interpretive Centre is Grange’s place to visit
Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 2 beyond the one inside Grange’s urban area. There are a museum, a visitor farm and a natural landscape to choose from. Day-trippers head 6.4 km out to Lissadell House & Gardens.
Must-know places in Grange
Close behind Spanish Armada Interpretive Centre are a visitor farm and a natural landscape.
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 each one is
At the edge of the map sits Benbulben, 4.7 km out.
The dashed line is Grange’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What they are
The list holds a museum, a visitor farm and a natural landscape.
Green: inside Grange. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The full list
The town has one; within 5 km of its edge, the list finds 2 more.
The one inside Grange comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Grange → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Grange →
For a day out
Leading the 12 is Lissadell House & Gardens, 6.4 km away; they include 4 castles and 3 abbeys or priories.
GardenLissadell House & Gardens6.4 km southwest
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo14 km south
CastleClassiebawn Castle7.7 km northeast
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksSligo Abbey14 km south
Castle · Office of Public WorksParke's Castle19 km southeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksDonegal Castle40 km northeast
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo14 km south
Art galleryModel Arts and Niland Gallery14 km south
CastleBallymote Castle34 km south
Abbey or prioryCreevelea Abbey23 km southeast
MuseumBallyshannon and District Museum25 km northeast
Abbey or prioryBallindoon Abbey37 km southPlaces well known beyond Grange (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 Grange: the answers
What are the main attractions in Grange?
The place to visit inside Grange’s urban area is Spanish Armada Interpretive Centre. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 2 more within 5 km.
Does Grange have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Grange: Spanish Armada Interpretive Centre.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Grange?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Sligo Abbey (Office of Public Works), 14 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Grange?
Within 40 km: Lissadell House & Gardens (6.4 km), Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo (14 km), Classiebawn Castle (7.7 km), Sligo Abbey (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 (12)
- Lissadell House & Gardens: Aspdin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Classiebawn Castle: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sligo Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parke's Castle: John Darcy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donegal Castle: Benson Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Model Arts and Niland Gallery: Val, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballymote Castle: Willie Duffin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Creevelea Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyshannon and District Museum: Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballindoon Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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