Grecian Urn
Set in Dadford, Grecian Urn is an attraction. Nearby, 40 more places to visit are within 5 km. It is maintained by the National Trust.
Attraction in Dadford
Inside Dadford
Grecian Urn is inside Dadford’s built-up area, with 40 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by the National Trust
One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
If warmth matters, go June to September: Dadford reaches 19–22°C.
Grecian Urn
Top of the list nearby is Stowe House, 600 m away.
- Type
- Attraction
- Run by
- National Trust
- Town
- in Dadford
Getting to Grecian Urn
Orange marks Grecian Urn, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dadford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
Buckingham, with 14,296 people, is the largest of the 5. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Dadford
Akeley
Silverstone
Maids Moreton
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Grecian Urn is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dadford | It’s in town | 874 | 41 |
| Akeley | 2.7 km east of it | 593 | 40 |
| Silverstone | 2.9 km north of it | 2,542 | 40 |
| Maids Moreton | 3.2 km southeast of it | 865 | 40 |
| Buckingham | 3.4 km southeast of it | 14,296 | 40 |
While you are near Grecian Urn
A visit can add 3 attractions, 2 museums and a garden, from 51 places within 15 km.
Museum · National TrustStowe House600 m away2
Garden · National TrustStowe Park and Garden300 m away3
CastleAstwell Castle9.2 km away4
MuseumBuckingham Old Gaol4.4 km away5
Historic house · National TrustClaydon House13 km away6AttractionAttraction · National TrustFane of Pastoral Poetry100 m away7AttractionAttraction · National TrustSamson & the Philistine100 m away8AttractionAttraction · National TrustGladiator100 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Asked about Grecian Urn
Where is Grecian Urn?
Grecian Urn is in Dadford, Buckinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Grecian Urn?
Attraction.
Who runs Grecian Urn?
National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Grecian Urn?
June to September are the warmest months in Dadford, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Grecian Urn?
Within 15 km: Stowe House (600 m), Stowe Park and Garden (300 m), Astwell Castle (9.2 km) and Buckingham Old Gaol (4.4 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 (5)
- Stowe House: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stowe Park and Garden: Neoclassicist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Astwell Castle: Allan Fea (1860 - 1956)?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Old Gaol: Chris Nyborg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claydon House: mym, modified by Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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