Leave West Moors for Bournemouth Aviation Museum, 5.4 km away
For a trip from West Moors, Salisbury Cathedral is 28 km away. All of it lies outside: 2 places within 5 km of its edge, none inside West Moors’ built-up area. The commonest are a museum and a theme park.
The names to know near West Moors
The other best-known place is a theme park.
MuseumBournemouth Aviation Museum3.4 km outside town, to the southeast
Theme parkAdventure Wonderland3.3 km 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.
Places on the map
The list reaches out to Bournemouth Aviation Museum, 5.4 km away.
The dashed line is West Moors’ 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
The places here are a museum and a theme park.
Green: inside West Moors. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place, in and near West Moors
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 2 places in all.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
1 listed building and 1 scheduled monument are on West Moors’ History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in West Moors →
Big names nearby
Top of the 12 day trips: Salisbury Cathedral, at 28 km.
CathedralSalisbury Cathedral28 km north
Castle · National TrustCorfe Castle24 km southwest · 190K visitors a year (2010)
Historic house · National TrustKingston Lacy Estate11 km west
MuseumThe Tank Museum29 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageChristchurch Castle12 km southeast
CastleBrownsea Castle15 km south
Castle · English HeritageHurst Castle26 km southeast
Fort · National TrustBadbury Rings12 km west
Castle · English HeritageYarmouth Castle30 km southeast
Big drawTheme parkPaultons Park27 km northeast · 1.1M visitors a year (2019)
MuseumRussell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum11 km south
Castle · English HeritageOld Wardour Castle28 km northwestPlaces well known beyond West Moors (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 West Moors
What is there to see near West Moors?
No attraction is mapped inside West Moors itself. Within 5 km of it are Bournemouth Aviation Museum and Adventure Wonderland.
Does West Moors have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of West Moors: Bournemouth Aviation Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near West Moors?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Corfe Castle (National Trust), 24 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near West Moors?
Within 40 km: Salisbury Cathedral (28 km), Corfe Castle (24 km), Kingston Lacy Estate (11 km), The Tank Museum (29 km).
Where are West Moors’ historic buildings listed?
West Moors 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 West Moors 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)
- Bournemouth Aviation Museum: Nimbus227, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adventure Wonderland: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Salisbury Cathedral: Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corfe Castle: Albany E. Howarth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kingston Lacy Estate: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Tank Museum: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christchurch Castle: Ulli1105, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brownsea Castle: Iain A. Wanless, https://www.flickr.com/photos/reemul/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hurst Castle: Dave Pape, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Badbury Rings: Simaron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yarmouth Castle: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Paultons Park: Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum: User:LordHarris, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Wardour Castle: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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