Market House is Gorey’s place to visit
Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 5 beyond the one inside Gorey’s urban area. Among them are 2 gardens, an attraction and a visitor farm. Glendalough is worth a day, 37 km from the centre.
Must-know places in Gorey
The list goes on from Market House to 2 gardens, a visitor farm and a zoo.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped around Gorey
Furthest out is Craanford Mills, at 6.4 km.
The dashed line is Gorey’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What kind of places
Zoos, theme parks or other days out are the biggest group (2), then gardens or estates (2).
Green: inside Gorey. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
6 places in all: one in town and 5 within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Gorey 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 Gorey → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Gorey →
Day trips from Gorey
Out of town, Glendalough (37 km) leads 12 names to know.
Abbey or prioryGlendalough37 km north
National parkWicklow Mountains National Park39 km north
CathedralSt Aidan's Cathedral27 km southwest
CastleBallyloughan Castle37 km northwest
CastleHuntington Castle and Gardens24 km west
CastleEnniscorthy Castle27 km southwest
CathedralFerns Cathedral17 km southwest
FortRathgall Hillfort29 km northwest
GardenWells House & Gardens17 km south
Garden · Office of Public WorksNational Botanic Gardens - Kilmacurragh30 km north
CastleHumewood Castle34 km northwest
MuseumArklow Maritime Museum17 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Gorey (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.
Common questions about Gorey
What are the main attractions in Gorey?
The place to visit inside Gorey’s urban area is Market House. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 5 more within 5 km.
Does Gorey have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Gorey: Craanford Mills.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Gorey?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is National Botanic Gardens - Kilmacurragh (Office of Public Works), 30 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Gorey?
Within 40 km: Glendalough (37 km), Wicklow Mountains National Park (39 km), St Aidan's Cathedral (27 km), Ballyloughan Castle (37 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)
- Glendalough: Schcambo at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicklow Mountains National Park: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Aidan's Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyloughan Castle: VisionsofthePast, 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
- Rathgall Hillfort: Simon Dowling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wells House & Gardens: Wikidee123, 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
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).