Boarstall Tower
Grade I listed house in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Attractions in Brill
Photo: Boarstall Tower, Graham Taylor (CC BY-SA 2.0)Boarstall Tower, 3 km from Brill
For a trip from Brill, Ashmolean Museum is 16 km away. Nothing is mapped inside Brill’s built-up area, but 2 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in a historic house and an attraction. Our list counts 2 places looked after by the National Trust.
In Brill
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Castles & historic places
1
in or near town
Cared for
2
National Trust, English Heritage, Cadw and others
Best known
The names to know near Brill
Second to Boarstall Tower is an attraction.
Historic house · National TrustBoarstall Tower2.7 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttraction · National TrustBoarstall Duck Decoy2.9 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.
The map
The map view
The outermost point is Boarstall Duck Decoy, at 3.2 km.
The dashed line is Brill’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
The types of place
It comes down to a historic house and an attraction.
Castles & historic places 1 historic house0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby
Green: inside Brill. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
2 places are cared for by the National Trust (Boarstall Tower and Boarstall Duck Decoy).
Every place
Every one of them
The list runs to 2 places, all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
53 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Brill’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Brill →
Big names nearby
The wider area
Allow a day for Ashmolean Museum, 16 km away, the pick of 12.
MuseumAshmolean Museum16 km southwest
Historic houseBlenheim Palace21 km west
Historic house · National TrustWaddesdon Manor8.3 km east
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History16 km southwest
MuseumBletchley Park29 km northeast
CastleOxford Castle Motte16 km southwest
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum16 km southwest
Historic houseChequers21 km southeast
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden16 km southwest
Historic houseBeaumont Palace16 km southwest
MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring27 km east · 134K visitors a year (2022)
Historic houseWoodstock Palace21 km westPlaces well known beyond Brill (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.
Questions about Brill’s attractions
What is there to see near Brill?
No attraction is mapped inside Brill itself. Within 5 km of it are Boarstall Tower and Boarstall Duck Decoy.
Does Brill have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Brill.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Brill?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Brill, 2 places are cared for by the National Trust (Boarstall Tower and Boarstall Duck Decoy).
What are the best-known days out near Brill?
Within 40 km: Ashmolean Museum (16 km), Blenheim Palace (21 km), Waddesdon Manor (8.3 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (16 km).
Where are Brill’s historic buildings listed?
Brill has 53 listed buildings. 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 Brill 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 (13)
- Boarstall Tower: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Waddesdon Manor: Mattlever, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chequers: Stephen Simpson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodstock Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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