Visiting Fowey: Fowey Town Museum and one more to see
2 places to visit are mapped inside Fowey’s built-up area, and one more within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are a museum, an aquarium and a castle. Our list counts one place looked after by English Heritage. For a full day, there is Eden Project, 7.6 km away.
Fowey’s best known
Behind Fowey Town Museum on the list are an aquarium and a castle.
MuseumFowey Town Museumin townAquariumAquariumFowey Aquariumin town
Castle · English HeritageSt Catherine's Castle100 m 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.
Places on the map
The farthest of them, St Catherine's Castle, is 1.1 km out.
The dashed line is Fowey’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
The list holds a museum, an aquarium and a castle.
Green: inside Fowey. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by English Heritage (St Catherine's Castle).
All 3 on the list
The 2 inside Fowey come first, then one more within 5 km of its edge.
The 2 inside Fowey come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
103 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Fowey’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Fowey →
For a day out
The standout of the 12 is Eden Project, 7.6 km from town.
GardenEden Project7.6 km west
Castle · English HeritageRestormel Castle9.5 km north
Castle · English HeritageTintagel Castle38 km northGardenGardenThe Lost Gardens of Heligan13 km southwest
CathedralTruro Cathedral30 km west
Castle · English HeritageLaunceston Castle39 km northeast
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle36 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustLanhydrock House12 km north
Museum · English HeritageKing Doniert's Stone20 km northeast
FortDrake's Island35 km east
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle34 km southwest
CathedralPlymouth Cathedral35 km eastPlaces well known beyond Fowey (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.
Seeing Fowey: questions
What are the main attractions in Fowey?
The best known inside Fowey’s built-up area are Fowey Town Museum and Fowey Aquarium. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Fowey have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Fowey: Fowey Town Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Fowey?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Fowey, 1 place is cared for by English Heritage (St Catherine's Castle).
What are the best-known days out near Fowey?
Within 40 km: Eden Project (7.6 km), Restormel Castle (9.5 km), Tintagel Castle (38 km), The Lost Gardens of Heligan (13 km).
Where are Fowey’s historic buildings listed?
Fowey has 103 listed buildings, 2 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 Fowey 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)
- Fowey Town Museum: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Catherine's Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eden Project: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Restormel Castle: Zaian at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tintagel Castle: Rawac, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Truro Cathedral: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Launceston Castle: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pendennis Castle: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lanhydrock House: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- King Doniert's Stone: TinWidget at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drake's Island: Janipewter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mawes Castle: Claudiu Bichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plymouth Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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