Coldharbour Mill, 3.8 km from Sampford Peverell
From Sampford Peverell, the big name within reach is Exeter Cathedral, 25 km away. No place to visit is mapped inside Sampford Peverell’s built-up area; 2 are within 5 km of its edge. There are a museum and a theme park to choose from.
The names to know near Sampford Peverell
Second to Coldharbour Mill is a theme park.
MuseumColdharbour Mill3.5 km outside town, to the southeast
Theme parkDiggerland4.5 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.
Plotted on the map
Diggerland, 5 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is Sampford Peverell’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The kinds on offer
Between them they are a museum and a theme park.
Green: inside Sampford Peverell. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every entry
Here are the 2 places within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
17 listed buildings are on Sampford Peverell’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Sampford Peverell →
The wider area
Top of the 12 day trips: Exeter Cathedral, at 25 km.
CathedralExeter Cathedral25 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustKnightshayes7.2 km west
CastleTiverton Castle7.9 km west
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle29 km north
MuseumRoyal Albert Memorial Museum24 km southwest · 340K visitors a year (2012)
CastleBickleigh Castle12 km southwest
CastleHemyock Castle10 km east
CastlePowderham Castle32 km south
FortHembury14 km southeast
Historic house · National TrustKillerton House16 km south
CastleTaunton Castle22 km northeast
CastleRougemont Castle24 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Sampford Peverell (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.
What visitors ask about Sampford Peverell
What is there to see near Sampford Peverell?
No attraction is mapped inside Sampford Peverell itself. Within 5 km of it are Coldharbour Mill and Diggerland.
Does Sampford Peverell have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Sampford Peverell: Coldharbour Mill.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Sampford Peverell?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Knightshayes (National Trust), 7.2 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Sampford Peverell?
Within 40 km: Exeter Cathedral (25 km), Knightshayes (7.2 km), Tiverton Castle (7.9 km), Dunster Castle (29 km).
Where are Sampford Peverell’s historic buildings listed?
Sampford Peverell has 17 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 Sampford Peverell 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
- Knightshayes: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiverton Castle: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunster Castle: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bickleigh Castle: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hemyock Castle: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Powderham Castle: raymond cocks, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hembury: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Killerton House: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taunton Castle: Rodw, CC0, 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
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