Buckfast Abbey & one more place to visit in Buckfast
This is a list led by museums or galleries, 6 of its 10. We list 2 places to visit inside Buckfast’s built-up area and 8 within 5 km of its edge. Close to the centre, within 1 km, are 3 of them. Make a day of it at Exeter Cathedral, 31 km away.
Leading places in Buckfast
After Buckfast Abbey, look out for 3 museums, a castle and an attraction.
Abbey or prioryBuckfast Abbeyin townMuseumMuseumMonastic Way Exhibitionin town
CastleHembury Castle900 m outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumPengelly Trust Museum400 m outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumThe Valliant Soldier Museum & Heritage Centre800 m outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionBuckfast Butterflies and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary900 m outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
At the edge of the map sits Pennywell Farm, 3.6 km out.
The dashed line is Buckfast’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Grouped by kind
Museums or galleries are the biggest group (6), then castles or historic places (2).
Green: inside Buckfast. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All 10 on the list
It starts in town with 2 places and goes on to 8 within 5 km of its edge.
The 2 inside Buckfast 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.
14 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Buckfast’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Buckfast →
Out of town
Exeter Cathedral, 31 km away, is the best known of the 12.
CathedralExeter Cathedral31 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageTotnes Castle9.1 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageBerry Pomeroy Castle11 km southeast
Historic house · National TrustCompton Castle13 km east
Historic house · National TrustGreenway House18 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageDartmouth Castle22 km southeast
Heritage railwaySouth Devon Railway5.6 km southeast
AttractionKents Cavern20 km east
CastlePowderham Castle28 km northeast
MuseumRoyal Albert Memorial Museum31 km northeast · 340K visitors a year (2012)
Historic house · National TrustCastle Drogo23 km north
ZooPaignton Zoo16 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Buckfast (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.
Good to know in Buckfast
What are the main attractions in Buckfast?
The best known inside Buckfast’s built-up area are Buckfast Abbey and Monastic Way Exhibition. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 8 more within 5 km.
Does Buckfast have a museum?
6 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Buckfast: Monastic Way Exhibition, Pengelly Trust Museum, The Valliant Soldier Museum & Heritage Centre and Field System.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Buckfast?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Totnes Castle (English Heritage), 9.1 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Buckfast?
Within 40 km: Exeter Cathedral (31 km), Totnes Castle (9.1 km), Berry Pomeroy Castle (11 km), Compton Castle (13 km).
Where are Buckfast’s historic buildings listed?
Buckfast has 14 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 Buckfast 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)
- Buckfast Abbey: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hembury Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Exeter Cathedral: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Totnes Castle: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Berry Pomeroy Castle: J Morley (Smalljim), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Compton Castle: Smalljim, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greenway House: Brian, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dartmouth Castle: Troxx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- South Devon Railway: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kents Cavern: Jcg2006, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Powderham Castle: raymond cocks, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Drogo: Antony McCallum, http://www.wyrdlight.com, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paignton Zoo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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