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Attractions in Gosforth

Day trips from Gosforth

Nothing on our list is in Gosforth or within 5 km of its edge. The trip to Muncaster Castle is 7.7 km. Within 40 km you can choose from 12, 5 castles and 3 historic houses among them.

For a day out
12
within 40 km
The best known
7.7 km
Muncaster Castle
The map

Map of the places

6 places are numbered, in the order below.

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Gosforth is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022

By kind

What you can see

Ahead are castles or historic places (9); next, museums or galleries (2).

Museums & galleries 2 museums0 in town · 2 nearby
Castles & historic places 5 castles · 3 historic houses · 1 abbey or priory0 in town · 9 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 heritage railway0 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside Gosforth. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.

4 places are cared for: 3 by the National Trust and 1 by English Heritage (Hill Top, Furness Abbey, Wordworth House and Wray Castle).

Every place

All of them, one by one

Look within 40 km for all 12.

What is in or close to Gosforth comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.

12 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Gosforth’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Gosforth →

A day out

Out of town

Best known first, these lead 12 places within 40 km.

Castle1CastleMuncaster Castle7.7 km southeast2CastleEgremont Castle9.4 km northwestHeritage railway3Heritage railwayRavenglass and Eskdale Railway7.1 km south4Historic house · National TrustHill Top31 km east5Abbey or priory · English HeritageFurness Abbey35 km southeast6CastleMillom Castle24 km southeastMuseumThe Dock Museum36 km south · 68K visitors a yearHistoric house · National TrustWordworth House28 km northHistoric houseRydal Mount29 km eastCastleCockermouth Castle28 km northCastle · National TrustWray Castle31 km eastMuseumDerwent Pencil Museum28 km northeast

The best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.

Gosforth, answered

Does Gosforth have a museum?

No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Gosforth.

Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Gosforth?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Hill Top (National Trust), 31 km east.

What are the best-known days out near Gosforth?

Within 40 km: Muncaster Castle (7.7 km), Egremont Castle (9.4 km), Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (7.1 km), Hill Top (31 km).

Where are Gosforth’s historic buildings listed?

Gosforth has 12 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 Gosforth 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 (4)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.