Wollaton Dovecote
Set in Nottingham, Wollaton Dovecote is a museum. The surrounding 5 km hold 15 more places to visit. This is a site of Wollaton Historical & Conservation Society.
Museum in Nottingham
Inside Nottingham
Wollaton Dovecote is inside Nottingham’s built-up area, with 15 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The seasons here
Highs of 19–22°C mark June to September in Nottingham.
Wollaton Dovecote
Worth the trip, Nottingham Castle is 4.6 km off.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Wollaton Historical & Conservation Society
- Town
- in Nottingham
Getting your bearings
Wollaton Dovecote is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Nottingham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
In size, Nottingham comes first of the 8, with 299,786 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Nottingham
Beeston
Stapleford
Trowell
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Wollaton Dovecote is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | It’s in town | 299,786 | 35 |
| Beeston | 1.2 km south of it | 52,359 | 30 |
| Stapleford | 2.5 km southwest of it | 15,041 | 13 |
| Trowell | 3.2 km west of it | 2,165 | 10 |
| Nuthall and Watnall | 3.2 km north of it | 9,581 | 13 |
| Ilkeston | 4.3 km west of it | 38,723 | 10 |
| Swingate | 4.5 km northwest of it | 911 | 6 |
| Sandiacre | 4.7 km southwest of it | 9,373 | 7 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
After Wollaton Dovecote
3 museums, 2 castles and a cathedral are among the 48 within 15 km.
CastleNottingham Castle4.6 km away2
MuseumWollaton Hall1 km away3
CathedralNottingham Cathedral4.4 km away4
CastleCodnor Castle14 km away5
Abbey or prioryNewstead Abbey14 km away6
MuseumNottingham Industrial Museum900 m away7
Art galleryNottingham Contemporary5.2 km away8
MuseumJudges Retiring Room5.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Wollaton Dovecote: what to know
Where is Wollaton Dovecote?
Wollaton Dovecote is in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Wollaton Dovecote?
Museum.
Who runs Wollaton Dovecote?
Wollaton Historical & Conservation Society.
When is the best time to visit Wollaton Dovecote?
June to September are the warmest months in Nottingham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Wollaton Dovecote?
Within 15 km: Nottingham Castle (4.6 km), Wollaton Hall (1 km), Nottingham Cathedral (4.4 km) and Codnor Castle (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 (8)
- Nottingham Castle: Cosmicutencil, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wollaton Hall: Harry Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nottingham Cathedral: The original uploader was David Newton at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Codnor Castle: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newstead Abbey: brianfagan from Nottingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nottingham Industrial Museum: Oxymoron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nottingham Contemporary: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Judges Retiring Room: Roland Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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