Places to visit near Borrowash: Elvaston Castle & more
Nothing is mapped inside Borrowash’s built-up area, but 6 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 3 museums, a castle and an abbey or priory. Set 7.2 km out, Derby Museum and Art Gallery makes a day trip.
Where to start near Borrowash
3 museums, an abbey or priory and an attraction follow Elvaston Castle.
CastleElvaston Castle1.3 km outside town, to the southwest
Abbey or prioryDale Abbey ruins2.5 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionLane's Garden Centre and Open Farm3.1 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumRadio Communication Museum of Great Britain4.7 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumGreat Northern Classics4.9 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumShardlow Heritage Centre4.1 km 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.
Where things are
The farthest of them, Great Northern Classics, is 6 km out.
The dashed line is Borrowash’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What is on offer
Museums or galleries number 3, castles or historic places 2.
Green: inside Borrowash. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 6 places in all.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
33 listed buildings are on Borrowash’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Borrowash →
Further afield
Head 7.2 km out for Derby Museum and Art Gallery, the best known of 12.
MuseumDerby Museum and Art Gallery7.2 km west
MuseumMuseum of Making7 km west
MuseumPickford's House Museum7.7 km west
CathedralDerby Cathedral7.1 km west
CastleNottingham Castle15 km east
CastleCodnor Castle15 km north
Castle · National TrustDuffield Castle12 km northwest
Historic house · National TrustKedleston Hall12 km northwest
CastleMelbourne Castle10 km south
Historic houseChatsworth House39 km northwest
MuseumWollaton Hall12 km east
Big drawTheme parkAlton Towers Resort36 km west · 2.5M visitors a year (2024)Places well known beyond Borrowash (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.
Places to visit in Borrowash: questions
What is there to see near Borrowash?
No attraction is mapped inside Borrowash itself. Within 5 km of it are Elvaston Castle, Dale Abbey ruins, Lane's Garden Centre and Open Farm and Radio Communication Museum of Great Britain.
Does Borrowash have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Borrowash: Radio Communication Museum of Great Britain, Great Northern Classics and Shardlow Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Borrowash?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Duffield Castle (National Trust), 12 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Borrowash?
Within 40 km: Derby Museum and Art Gallery (7.2 km), Museum of Making (7 km), Pickford's House Museum (7.7 km), Derby Cathedral (7.1 km).
Where are Borrowash’s historic buildings listed?
Borrowash has 33 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 Borrowash 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)
- Elvaston Castle: Chris J Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale Abbey ruins: Bulphan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery: Janet Roberts from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Making: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pickford's House Museum: sps1955 from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derby Cathedral: Nick Moyes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nottingham Castle: Cosmicutencil, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Codnor Castle: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duffield Castle: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kedleston Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melbourne Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chatsworth House: Rprof, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wollaton Hall: Harry Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alton Towers Resort: Dunderklumpen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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