From Arlesey, 2.8 km to RAF Henlow
Of the 8 places to visit in and around Arlesey, 5 are museums or galleries. Arlesey itself has none of them. A longer outing takes you to Fitzwilliam Museum, 33 km off.
Just outside Arlesey, the best known
Beyond RAF Henlow, there are 2 museums, a historic house and a water park.
MuseumRAF Henlow2.2 km outside town, to the west
Historic houseHinxworth Place4.5 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumGarden City Collection Study Centre1.8 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumLetchworth Community Museum3.2 km outside town, to the southeastWater parkWater parkBancroft Splash Park4.8 km outside town, to the southHistoric siteHistoric siteHawker Hunter WT6121.7 km outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Plotted on the map
The farthest of them, Bancroft Splash Park, is 6.9 km out.
The dashed line is Arlesey’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Which kinds
5 museums or galleries and 2 castles or historic places top the count.
Green: inside Arlesey. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Near Arlesey
8 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
Hinxworth Place
Medieval manor house near Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
Garden City Collection Study Centre
UK archive and museum resource centre in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
The International Garden Cities Exhibition
Museum in Letchworth Garden City, England, UK.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
8 listed buildings are on Arlesey’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Arlesey →
Day trips
Worth the drive, Fitzwilliam Museum (33 km) is first of the 12.
MuseumBletchley Park33 km westHistoric houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey23 km west
CathedralSt Albans Cathedral30 km south
Historic houseHatfield House28 km south
MuseumIWM Duxford28 km east · 401K visitors a year (2019)
Historic house · English HeritageWrest Park10 km west
Historic houseKnebworth House16 km south
ZooWhipsnade Zoo27 km southwest
MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring37 km southwest · 134K visitors a year (2022)
CastleKimbolton Castle32 km northMuseumMuseumThe Shuttleworth Collection9.3 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Arlesey (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Planning a visit to Arlesey
What is there to see near Arlesey?
No attraction is mapped inside Arlesey itself. Within 5 km of it are RAF Henlow, Hinxworth Place, Garden City Collection Study Centre and Letchworth Community Museum.
Does Arlesey have a museum?
5 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Arlesey: RAF Henlow, Garden City Collection Study Centre, Letchworth Community Museum and Museum at One Garden City.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Arlesey?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Wrest Park (English Heritage), 10 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Arlesey?
Within 40 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (33 km), Bletchley Park (33 km), Woburn Abbey (23 km), St Albans Cathedral (30 km).
Where are Arlesey’s historic buildings listed?
Arlesey has 8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Arlesey when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (11)
- RAF Henlow: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hinxworth Place: see below, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wrest Park: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Knebworth House: Heron2 (Heron on en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimbolton Castle: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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