Lavendon Castle
Castle in Lavendon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Attractions in Lavendon
Photo: Lavendon Castle, Nigel Stickells (CC BY-SA 2.0)Lavendon has Lavendon Castle on its doorstep
Nothing to visit is mapped inside Lavendon’s built-up area, but 4 places are within 5 km of its edge. Look for a castle, a historic house and an abbey or priory. For a longer trip, Bletchley Park lies 20 km away.
In Lavendon
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
4
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
1
in or near town
Castles & historic places
3
in or near town
Best known
Just outside Lavendon, the best known
Beyond Lavendon Castle, there are a historic house, an abbey or priory and a museum.
CastleLavendon Castle300 m outside town, to the north
Historic houseTurvey House1.8 km outside town, to the east
Abbey or prioryTurvey Abbey2.7 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumCowper and Newton Museum2.9 km outside town, to the southwestEach 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
Plotted on the map
Furthest out is Cowper and Newton Museum, at 3.4 km.
The dashed line is Lavendon’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 list by type
3 of the 4 are castles or historic places, more than any other kind.
Museums & galleries 1 museum0 in town · 1 nearby
Castles & historic places 1 castle · 1 historic house · 1 abbey or priory0 in town · 3 nearby
Green: inside Lavendon. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
The complete list
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 4 places in all.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
13 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Lavendon’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Lavendon →
Big names nearby
Around the region
Worth the drive, Bletchley Park (20 km) is first of the 12.
MuseumBletchley Park20 km southHistoric houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey22 km south
Historic houseAlthorp26 km northwest
CastleKimbolton Castle23 km northeast
CathedralNorthampton Cathedral18 km northwest
Historic houseColworth House9.3 km northeast
CastleBedford Castle14 km east
ZooWhipsnade Zoo37 km south
MuseumThe National Museum of Computing20 km south
CastleCastle Ashby House7.7 km northwest
CastleNorthampton Castle18 km northwest
Museum · National TrustStowe House29 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Lavendon (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.
Visiting Lavendon: the answers
What is there to see near Lavendon?
No attraction is mapped inside Lavendon itself. Within 5 km of it are Lavendon Castle, Turvey House, Turvey Abbey and Cowper and Newton Museum.
Does Lavendon have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Lavendon: Cowper and Newton Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Lavendon?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Stowe House (National Trust), 29 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Lavendon?
Within 40 km: Bletchley Park (20 km), Woburn Abbey (22 km), Althorp (26 km), Kimbolton Castle (23 km).
Where are Lavendon’s historic buildings listed?
Lavendon has 13 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 Lavendon 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 (14)
- 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
- Althorp: Andrew Walker (walker44), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimbolton Castle: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colworth House: Lecomte99 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bedford Castle: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The National Museum of Computing: Computid, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Ashby House: R Neil Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stowe House: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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