4.6 km from Burry Port, Stradey Castle leads the list
No place to visit is mapped inside Burry Port’s built-up area; 4 are within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are 2 attractions, a historic house and a museum. Castell Cydweli is worth a day, 6.9 km from the centre.
The first to see around Burry Port
Alongside Stradey Castle you find 2 attractions and a museum.
MuseumParc Howard Museum4.9 km outside town, to the eastAttractionAttractionFfos Las Racecourse & Convention Centre4 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionS. V. Paul4.8 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.
Map of the places
Leave town to the east for most of the 4 nearby.
The dashed line is Burry Port’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
A breakdown by kind
The places here are 2 attractions, a historic house and a museum.
Green: inside Burry Port. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Near Burry Port
Nothing is inside Burry Port itself; these 4 are within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
6 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Burry Port’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Burry Port →
A little further out
Castell Cydweli, at 6.9 km, heads the 12.
Castle · CadwCastell Cydweli6.9 km northwest
Castle · CadwCastell Llansteffan13 km northwest
Castle · CadwCastell Talacharn17 km northwest
Castle · CadwLoughor Castle12 km eastFortFortBurry Holms9.7 km southwest
Castle · CadwCastell Oxwich16 km south
Castle · CadwWeobley Castle9 km southeast
CastleDinefwr Castle26 km northeast
CastlePennard Castle16 km southeast
CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral22 km east
Castle · CadwCarreg Cennen Castle29 km northeast
Castle · CadwSwansea Castle23 km eastPlaces well known beyond Burry Port (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.
Questions before you go to Burry Port
What is there to see near Burry Port?
No attraction is mapped inside Burry Port itself. Within 5 km of it are Stradey Castle, Parc Howard Museum, Ffos Las Racecourse & Convention Centre and S. V. Paul.
Does Burry Port have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Burry Port: Parc Howard Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Burry Port?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Castell Cydweli (Cadw), 6.9 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Burry Port?
Within 40 km: Castell Cydweli (6.9 km), Castell Llansteffan (13 km), Castell Talacharn (17 km), Loughor Castle (12 km).
Where are Burry Port’s historic buildings listed?
Burry Port has 6 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Cadw’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 Burry Port 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)
- Parc Howard Museum: Dara Jasumani, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Cydweli: Iphrit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Llansteffan: Emperorzurg123, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Talacharn: Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loughor Castle: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Oxwich: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weobley Castle: Jennifer Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dinefwr Castle: Andrew Bone from Weymouth, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pennard Castle: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Joseph's Cathedral: Saint_Josephs_Cathedral_swansea.JPG: Wiccasha derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carreg Cennen Castle: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Swansea Castle: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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