Near East Stour: Gillingham Museum and other places to visit
A day out from East Stour leads to Salisbury Cathedral, 34 km away. Nothing is mapped inside East Stour’s built-up area, but 2 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge.
Leading the list near East Stour
Behind Gillingham Museum on the list is a museum.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Finding your way
The farthest of them, Gillingham Museum, is 2.8 km out.
The dashed line is East Stour’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 sort of places
They are all museums or galleries: 2 in all.
Green: inside East Stour. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
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.
5 listed buildings are on East Stour’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in East Stour →
Worth the drive
Salisbury Cathedral, at 34 km, heads the 12.
CathedralSalisbury Cathedral34 km east
Garden · National TrustStourhead Park11 km north
CathedralWells Cathedral34 km northwest
Attraction · National TrustKing Alfred's Tower13 km northwest
Historic houseLongleat House19 km north
Abbey or prioryShaftsbury Abbey Museum5.7 km east
Abbey or prioryGlastonbury Abbey34 km northwest
Historic houseFonthill Abbey14 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageOld Wardour Castle14 km east
Historic house · National TrustMontacute House31 km west · 120K visitors a year (2011)
Fort · English HeritageMaiden Castle38 km south
MuseumThe Tank Museum35 km southPlaces well known beyond East Stour (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.
Visiting East Stour: the answers
What is there to see near East Stour?
No attraction is mapped inside East Stour itself. Within 5 km of it are Gillingham Museum and Stour Micro Museum.
Does East Stour have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of East Stour: Gillingham Museum and Stour Micro Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near East Stour?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Stourhead Park (National Trust), 11 km north.
What are the best-known days out near East Stour?
Within 40 km: Salisbury Cathedral (34 km), Stourhead Park (11 km), Wells Cathedral (34 km), King Alfred's Tower (13 km).
Where are East Stour’s historic buildings listed?
East Stour has 5 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 East Stour 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)
- Salisbury Cathedral: Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stourhead Park: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wells Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- King Alfred's Tower: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Longleat House: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaftsbury Abbey Museum: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glastonbury Abbey: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fonthill Abbey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Wardour Castle: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montacute House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maiden Castle: Major George Allen (1891–1940), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- The Tank Museum: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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