Market House is the place to visit in Newent
The best-known day out from Newent is Gloucester Cathedral, 13 km away. One place to visit is mapped inside Newent’s built-up area, and one more within 5 km of its edge. There are a museum and a zoo to choose from.
Newent’s big names
Alongside Market House you find a zoo.
ZooInternational Centre for Birds of Prey1.6 km outside town, to the southwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where things are
Furthest from the centre is International Centre for Birds of Prey, 2.3 km away.
The dashed line is Newent’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 a museum and a zoo.
Green: inside Newent. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The places, one by one
First the one in town, then another within 5 km of its edge.
International Centre for Birds of Prey
Conservation centre in UK.
The one inside Newent comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
106 listed buildings are on Newent’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Newent →
Names further out
The 12 days out are led by Gloucester Cathedral, 13 km away.
CathedralGloucester Cathedral13 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageGoodrich Castle16 km west
Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle25 km southwest
CathedralHereford Cathedral25 km northwest
CathedralCathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary, the Virgin of Worcester32 km northeast
Abbey or priory · CadwTintern Abbey32 km southwest
Abbey or prioryTewkesbury Abbey18 km east
Castle · CadwChepstow Castle37 km southwest
CastleBerkeley Castle27 km south
Castle · CadwRaglan Castle35 km southwest
CastleGloucester Castle13 km southeast
CastleEastnor Castle11 km northPlaces well known beyond Newent (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.
Good to know in Newent
What are the main attractions in Newent?
The place to visit inside Newent’s built-up area is Market House. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Newent have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Newent: Market House.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Newent?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Goodrich Castle (English Heritage), 16 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Newent?
Within 40 km: Gloucester Cathedral (13 km), Goodrich Castle (16 km), Monmouth Castle (25 km), Hereford Cathedral (25 km).
Where are Newent’s historic buildings listed?
Newent has 106 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 Newent 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 (13)
- International Centre for Birds of Prey: AmosWolfe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Goodrich Castle: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hereford Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary, the Virgin of Worcester: SimonWiseman, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tintern Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tewkesbury Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chepstow Castle: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Berkeley Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gloucester Castle: William Andrew (1848-1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eastnor Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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