Places to visit around Harrold, from Colworth House
What there is to see lies just outside: 4 places within 5 km of its edge. There are 2 historic houses, a castle and an abbey or priory to choose from. Further afield lies Bletchley Park, at 25 km.
Where to start near Harrold
After Colworth House come a castle, a historic house and an abbey or priory.
Historic houseColworth House3.5 km outside town, to the northeast
CastleLavendon Castle3.4 km outside town, to the southwest
Historic houseTurvey House3.8 km outside town, to the south
Abbey or prioryTurvey Abbey4.1 km outside town, to the southEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map view
On the map, most of the 4 sit to the south.
The dashed line is Harrold’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kinds of place
All 4 are castles or historic places.
Green: inside Harrold. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
The list runs to 4 places, all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
41 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Harrold’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Harrold →
Further away
Of the 12 day trips, Bletchley Park (25 km) is the best known.
MuseumBletchley Park25 km southHistoric houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey24 km south
CastleKimbolton Castle18 km northeast
Historic houseAlthorp28 km west
CathedralNorthampton Cathedral20 km west
CastleBedford Castle12 km southeast
CastleFotheringhay Castle38 km north
ZooWhipsnade Zoo40 km south
CastleCastle Ashby House9.2 km west
MuseumThe National Museum of Computing25 km south
FortBuckden Towers26 km northeast
CastleNorthampton Castle21 km westPlaces well known beyond Harrold (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.
Know before you go to Harrold
What is there to see near Harrold?
No attraction is mapped inside Harrold itself. Within 5 km of it are Colworth House, Lavendon Castle, Turvey House and Turvey Abbey.
Does Harrold have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Harrold.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Harrold?
None is recorded within 5 km of Harrold.
What are the best-known days out near Harrold?
Within 40 km: Bletchley Park (25 km), Woburn Abbey (24 km), Kimbolton Castle (18 km), Althorp (28 km).
Where are Harrold’s historic buildings listed?
Harrold has 41 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 Harrold 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 (15)
- Colworth House: Lecomte99 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lavendon Castle: Nigel Stickells, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turvey House: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turvey Abbey: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimbolton Castle: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Althorp: Andrew Walker (walker44), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bedford Castle: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fotheringhay Castle: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Ashby House: R Neil Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The National Museum of Computing: Computid, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckden Towers: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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