Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
Museum and gallery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
Attractions in Dove Holes
Photo: Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Douglal (CC BY-SA 4.0)Places to visit around Dove Holes, from Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
From Dove Holes, the big name within reach is Peveril Castle, 8.6 km away. None of our places to visit is inside Dove Holes’ built-up area; 2 are within 5 km of its edge. They include a museum and an attraction.
In Dove Holes
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
1
in or near town
Best known
Where to start near Dove Holes
Beyond Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, there is an attraction.
MuseumBuxton Museum and Art Gallery4.4 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionThe Chestnut Centre (owls & otters)3.1 km outside town, to the northEach 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
Mapped
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery marks the outer edge, 5.2 km away.
The dashed line is Dove Holes’ 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
What they are
The places here are a museum and an attraction.
Museums & galleries 1 museum0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby
Green: inside Dove Holes. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
Every entry
Nothing is inside Dove Holes itself; these 2 are within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
1 listed building is on Dove Holes’ History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Dove Holes →
Big names nearby
Worth the drive
Peveril Castle (8.6 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
Castle · English HeritagePeveril Castle8.6 km northeast
Historic houseChatsworth House20 km southeast
Historic house · National TrustLyme Hall12 km west
Big drawTheme parkAlton Towers Resort35 km south · 2.5M visitors a year (2024)
MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame31 km northwest
Art galleryManchester Art Gallery31 km northwest
MuseumThe Manchester Museum30 km northwest
CathedralManchester Cathedral31 km northwest
Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum31 km northwest · 830K visitors a yearHistoric houseHistoric houseHaddon Hall20 km southeast
MuseumImperial War Museum North33 km northwest · 2K visitors a year
MuseumChetham's Library31 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Dove Holes (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.
Quick answers on Dove Holes
What is there to see near Dove Holes?
No attraction is mapped inside Dove Holes itself. Within 5 km of it are Buxton Museum and Art Gallery and The Chestnut Centre (owls & otters).
Does Dove Holes have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Dove Holes: Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Dove Holes?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Peveril Castle (English Heritage), 8.6 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Dove Holes?
Within 40 km: Peveril Castle (8.6 km), Chatsworth House (20 km), Lyme Hall (12 km), Alton Towers Resort (35 km).
Where are Dove Holes’ historic buildings listed?
Dove Holes has 1 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 Dove Holes 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 (12)
- Buxton Museum and Art Gallery: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peveril Castle: Darren Copley from Sheffield, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chatsworth House: Rprof, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lyme Hall: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alton Towers Resort: Dunderklumpen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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