Tilbury Fort, 1.5 km from Tilbury
Around Tilbury, the places to visit include 4 museums, 2 forts and 2 castles. The built-up area has no place on our list of its own; 11 are within 5 km of its edge. One of the places on the list is maintained by English Heritage. Day-trippers head 35 km out to British Museum.
The names to know near Tilbury
Following Tilbury Fort are 2 castles, 2 piers and a fort.
Fort · English HeritageTilbury Fort200 m outside town, to the southeast
CastleStone Castle4.2 km outside town, to the west
FortCoalhouse Fort2.7 km outside town, to the east
CastleNew Tavern Fort1 km outside town, to the south
PierGravesend town pier600 m outside town, to the southPierPierRoyal Terrace Pier800 m 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.
How they lie
At 6.6 km, Stone Castle is the farthest one out.
The dashed line is Tilbury’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Sorted by kind
Castles or historic places number 4, museums or galleries 4.
Green: inside Tilbury. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Tilbury Fort).
The list in full
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 11 places.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
3 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Tilbury’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Tilbury →
Further out, the best known
Out of town, British Museum (35 km) leads 12 names to know.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum35 km west · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)
Big drawCastleTower of London31 km west · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey34 km west
Historic houseBuckingham Palace36 km west
AttractionElizabeth Tower34 km west
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery35 km west · 709K visitors a year (2021)
AttractionLondon Eye34 km westMuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich26 km west
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral33 km west
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern33 km west · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)
MuseumMadame Tussauds37 km west
Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum38 km west · 858K visitors a year (2021)Places well known beyond Tilbury (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 Tilbury: the answers
What is there to see near Tilbury?
No attraction is mapped inside Tilbury itself. Within 5 km of it are Tilbury Fort, Stone Castle, Coalhouse Fort and New Tavern Fort.
Does Tilbury have a museum?
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Tilbury: Cold War Bunker, Thurrock Museum, Milton Chantry and Essex Fire Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Tilbury?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Tilbury, 1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Tilbury Fort).
What are the best-known days out near Tilbury?
Within 40 km: British Museum (35 km), Tower of London (31 km), Westminster Abbey (34 km), Buckingham Palace (36 km).
Where are Tilbury’s historic buildings listed?
Tilbury has 3 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 Tilbury 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 (16)
- Tilbury Fort: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stone Castle: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Coalhouse Fort: The original uploader was Sue Wallace at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- New Tavern Fort: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gravesend town pier: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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