Seal Rescue Ireland is Courtown’s place to visit
We list one place to visit inside Courtown’s urban area and 4 within 5 km of its edge. Look for 2 gardens, a zoo and a visitor farm. For a full day, there is St Aidan's Cathedral, 27 km away.
Must-know places in Courtown
Behind Seal Rescue Ireland on the list are 2 gardens, a visitor farm and an attraction.
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 they are
Head to the north for most of the 4 on the list.
The dashed line is Courtown’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Kinds of place
2 zoos, theme parks or other days out and 2 gardens or estates top the count.
Green: inside Courtown. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place, in and near Courtown
After the one in town come 4 more within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Courtown 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 Courtown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Courtown →
Day trips
Leading the 12 is St Aidan's Cathedral, 27 km away; they include 4 castles and 2 cathedrals.
CathedralSt Aidan's Cathedral27 km southwest
CastleHuntington Castle and Gardens29 km west
CastleEnniscorthy Castle27 km southwest
CathedralFerns Cathedral18 km west
GardenWells House & Gardens14 km southwest
FortRathgall Hillfort34 km northwest
Garden · Office of Public WorksNational Botanic Gardens - Kilmacurragh33 km north
CastleHumewood Castle40 km northwest
MuseumArklow Maritime Museum19 km north
Abbey or priorySelskar Abbey36 km southwest
MuseumIrish National Heritage Park37 km southwest
CastleClonmore Castle31 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Courtown (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.
Courtown: questions and answers
What are the main attractions in Courtown?
The place to visit inside Courtown’s urban area is Seal Rescue Ireland. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 4 more within 5 km.
Does Courtown have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Courtown.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Courtown?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is National Botanic Gardens - Kilmacurragh (Office of Public Works), 33 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Courtown?
Within 40 km: St Aidan's Cathedral (27 km), Huntington Castle and Gardens (29 km), Enniscorthy Castle (27 km), Ferns Cathedral (18 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)
- St Aidan's Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Huntington Castle and Gardens: Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Enniscorthy Castle: MikeWest Wexford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ferns Cathedral: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wells House & Gardens: Wikidee123, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rathgall Hillfort: Simon Dowling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Botanic Gardens - Kilmacurragh: Darrendirl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Humewood Castle: Book authored by Charles Eastlake - the engraver is not attributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arklow Maritime Museum: Kevweb07, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Selskar Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irish National Heritage Park: Albolandwex, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clonmore Castle: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).