Historic house · near Stamford · Lincolnshire

Burghley House

Burghley House is a grand sixteenth-century country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire. It holds the status of a Grade I listed building. Nearby, Fotheringhay Castle (13 km) heads a list of 20 within 15 km.

Photo: Burghley House, Anthony Masi from UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

1.1 km

southeast of Stamford

How well known

Top 3%

#177 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Stamford

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#177 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (22 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Stamford

Burghley House is 1.1 km southeast of Stamford. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Stamford has 444 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

In Stamford the warm season is June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°50 mm

Feb8° / 1°41 mm

Mar11° / 3°42 mm

Apr14° / 5°46 mm

May17° / 7°49 mm

Jun20° / 10°55 mm

Jul22° / 12°61 mm

Aug22° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°52 mm

Oct15° / 7°61 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec8° / 2°59 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Stamford, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Stamford. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Stamford’s full climate →

About

Burghley House

22 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Stamford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 22 languages
Town: 1.1 km southeast of Stamford
Official site: burghley.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Burghley House

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Burghley House is the orange one.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

With 20,745 people, Stamford is the largest of the 8. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 1.1 km northwest of it

Stamford

20,745 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km west of it

Wothorpe

314 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km northeast of it

Uffington

504 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 2.5 km east of it

Barnack

1,007 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Burghley House is	People	Places to visit
Stamford	1.1 km northwest of it	20,745	4
Wothorpe	1.4 km west of it	314	4
Uffington	1.9 km northeast of it	504	3
Barnack	2.5 km east of it	1,007	5
Wittering	2.7 km south of it	2,678	6
Easton on the Hill	3.6 km southwest of it	1,096	4
Ryhall	4.3 km north of it	1,444	2
Tallington	4.5 km northeast of it	471	1

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Choose from 20 places within 15 km, such as 5 castles, a museum and a historic house.

CastleFotheringhay Castle13 km away 2

CastleWoodcroft Castle9.3 km away 3

MuseumStamford Town Hall2 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageLongthorpe Tower14 km away 5

Historic houseElton Hall14 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageApethorpe Palace11 km away 7

Heritage railwayNene Valley Railway12 km away 8

CastleCastle Mound14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Burghley House

Where is Burghley House?

Burghley House is 1.1 km southeast of Stamford, Lincolnshire.

What is Burghley House?

Grand sixteenth-century country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Burghley House?

June to September are the warmest months in Stamford, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Burghley House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Burghley House?

Within 15 km: Fotheringhay Castle (13 km), Woodcroft Castle (9.3 km), Stamford Town Hall (2 km) and Longthorpe Tower (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). 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 (9)

Burghley House: Anthony Masi from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fotheringhay Castle: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Woodcroft Castle: Andrew Kerr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stamford Town Hall: Jo Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Longthorpe Tower: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elton Hall: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Apethorpe Palace: Brookie, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nene Valley Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castle Mound: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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