Just outside Wing: Mentmore Towers and more
All of it lies outside: 4 places within 5 km of its edge, none inside Wing’s built-up area. Among them are 2 historic houses, a heritage railway and a museum. Here, one place is kept up by the National Trust. A longer outing takes you to Bletchley Park, 11 km off.
Leading the list near Wing
The rest of the best known are a historic house, a heritage railway and a museum.
Historic houseMentmore Towers3.3 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic house · National TrustAscott House600 m outside town, to the east
Heritage railwayLeighton Buzzard Light Railway4.2 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumLeighton Buzzard Railway Museum4.2 km outside town, to the eastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Around Wing, mapped
Of the 4 nearby, most are to the east.
The dashed line is Wing’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
How the list breaks down
Between them they are 2 historic houses, a heritage railway and a museum.
Green: inside Wing. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Ascott House).
The complete list
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 4.
Ascott House
Historic house and National Trust site in Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
Preserved narrow gauge railway in Bedfordshire.
Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum
Independent transport museum in England, United Kingdom.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
18 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Wing’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Wing →
Beyond Wing
Most famous of the 12 is Bletchley Park, 11 km from the centre.
MuseumBletchley Park11 km northHistoric houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey13 km northeast
MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring13 km south · 134K visitors a year (2022)
Historic house · National TrustWaddesdon Manor16 km southwest
Historic houseChequers18 km south
ZooWhipsnade Zoo13 km southeast
CathedralSt Albans Cathedral31 km southeast
MuseumThe National Museum of Computing11 km north
Castle · English HeritageBerkhamsted Castle19 km southeast
Historic houseHatfield House38 km southeast
Historic house · National TrustCliveden House38 km south
Museum · National TrustStowe House25 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Wing (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 Wing: questions
What is there to see near Wing?
No attraction is mapped inside Wing itself. Within 5 km of it are Mentmore Towers, Ascott House, Leighton Buzzard Light Railway and Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum.
Does Wing have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Wing: Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Wing?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Wing, 1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Ascott House).
What are the best-known days out near Wing?
Within 40 km: Bletchley Park (11 km), Woburn Abbey (13 km), Natural History Museum at Tring (13 km), Waddesdon Manor (16 km).
Where are Wing’s historic buildings listed?
Wing has 18 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 Wing 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)
- Mentmore Towers: The original uploader was Swanker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ascott House: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leighton Buzzard Light Railway: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Waddesdon Manor: Mattlever, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chequers: Stephen Simpson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The National Museum of Computing: Computid, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Berkhamsted Castle: Winstainforth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliveden House: Antony McCallum. The original uploader was Wyrdlight at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stowe House: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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