
Close to Kentisbeare: Coldharbour Mill and more
For a trip from Kentisbeare, Exeter Cathedral is 21 km away. With nothing inside Kentisbeare’s built-up area, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in a museum and a theme park.
Just outside Kentisbeare, the best known
Alongside Coldharbour Mill you find a theme park.
MuseumColdharbour Mill3.7 km outside town, to the north
Theme parkDiggerland3.4 km outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
How they lie
Furthest out is Coldharbour Mill, at 4 km.
The dashed line is Kentisbeare’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 they are
The list holds a museum and a theme park.
Green: inside Kentisbeare. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place to visit
Its 2 places all lie within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
23 listed buildings are on Kentisbeare’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kentisbeare →
Day trips from Kentisbeare
Best known of the 12 within reach is Exeter Cathedral, at 21 km.
CathedralExeter Cathedral21 km southwest
MuseumRoyal Albert Memorial Museum21 km southwest · 340K visitors a year (2012)
FortHembury7 km southeast
CastleTiverton Castle12 km northwest
Historic house · National TrustKnightshayes12 km northwest
CastlePowderham Castle26 km south
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle36 km north
CastleHemyock Castle8.8 km northeast
CastleBickleigh Castle13 km west
Historic house · National TrustKillerton House12 km southwest
CastleRougemont Castle21 km southwest
CastleTaunton Castle23 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Kentisbeare (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.
Common questions about Kentisbeare
What is there to see near Kentisbeare?
No attraction is mapped inside Kentisbeare itself. Within 5 km of it are Coldharbour Mill and Diggerland.
Does Kentisbeare have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Kentisbeare: Coldharbour Mill.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Kentisbeare?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Knightshayes (National Trust), 12 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Kentisbeare?
Within 40 km: Exeter Cathedral (21 km), Royal Albert Memorial Museum (21 km), Hembury (7 km), Tiverton Castle (12 km).
Where are Kentisbeare’s historic buildings listed?
Kentisbeare has 23 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 Kentisbeare 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)
- Coldharbour Mill: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Diggerland: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Exeter Cathedral: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hembury: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiverton Castle: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Knightshayes: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Powderham Castle: raymond cocks, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunster Castle: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hemyock Castle: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bickleigh Castle: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Killerton House: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rougemont Castle: Rougemont_Castle_gatehouse,_2010.jpg: Juan J. Martínez from Exeter, UK derivative work: Nev1, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taunton Castle: Rodw, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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