Usk’s draw is Usk Museum of Rural Life
Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 3 beyond the one inside Usk’s built-up area. Among them are 2 castles, a museum and an attraction. 2 of them are within 1 km of the middle of town. Travel 8.3 km and you reach Raglan Castle.
The names to know in Usk
After Usk Museum of Rural Life, look out for 2 castles and an attraction.
CastleUsk Castle100 m outside town, to the northwest
CastleLlangibby Castle3 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttractionTank School3.8 km outside town, to the northwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The lie of the land
Most of the 3 close by lie to the northwest.
The dashed line is Usk’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kind by kind
Between them they are 2 castles, a museum and an attraction.
Green: inside Usk. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
It starts in town with one place and goes on to 3 within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Usk comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
171 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on Usk’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Usk →
Out of town
The pick of the 12 is Raglan Castle, 8.3 km off.
Castle · CadwRaglan Castle8.3 km northeast
Abbey or priory · CadwTintern Abbey15 km east
Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle18 km northeast
Castle · CadwChepstow Castle17 km southeast
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff31 km southwest · 373K visitors a yearCastleCastle · CadwCaerphilly Castle26 km southwest
CastleCardiff Castle31 km southwest
MuseumSS Great Britain Museum35 km southeastCastleCastle · CadwY Castell Gwyn16 km north
CathedralBristol Cathedral35 km southeast
Castle · CadwNewport Castle14 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageGoodrich Castle28 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Usk (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.
Seeing Usk: your questions
What are the main attractions in Usk?
The place to visit inside Usk’s built-up area is Usk Museum of Rural Life. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.
Does Usk have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Usk: Usk Museum of Rural Life.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Usk?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Raglan Castle (Cadw), 8.3 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Usk?
Within 40 km: Raglan Castle (8.3 km), Tintern Abbey (15 km), Monmouth Castle (18 km), Chepstow Castle (17 km).
Where are Usk’s historic buildings listed?
Usk has 171 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. 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 Usk 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)
- Usk Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llangibby Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tintern Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chepstow Castle: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SS Great Britain Museum: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Newport Castle: The original uploader was Owain at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Goodrich Castle: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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