Battlefield Line Railway
Heritage railway line in Leicestershire, England.
Attractions in Stoke Golding
Photo: Battlefield Line Railway, PeterSkuce (CC BY-SA 4.0)Battlefield Line Railway, 3.1 km from Stoke Golding
Our list finds nothing inside Stoke Golding’s built-up area, but 5 places within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in 2 museums, 2 attractions and a heritage railway. For a longer trip, Derby Museum and Art Gallery lies 39 km away.
In Stoke Golding
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
5
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Best known
Just outside Stoke Golding, the best known
Close behind Battlefield Line Railway are 2 museums and 2 attractions.
Heritage railwayBattlefield Line Railway2.8 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumBosworth Field Visitor Centre2.5 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumHinckley and District Museum3.3 km outside town, to the southeastAttractionAttractionAmbion Hill2.6 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionKing Richard's Well2.4 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map
The layout
Leave town to the north for most of the 5 nearby.
The dashed line is Stoke Golding’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
The list by type
Museums or galleries number 2, other attractions 2.
Museums & galleries 2 museums0 in town · 2 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 heritage railway0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 2 attractions0 in town · 2 nearby
Green: inside Stoke Golding. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
The full list
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 5 places.
Bosworth Field Visitor Centre
Museum and heritage centre in Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom.
Hinckley and District Museum
Museum in Hinckley, England, United Kingdom.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
5 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Stoke Golding’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Stoke Golding →
Big names nearby
Further afield
Allow a day for Derby Museum and Art Gallery, 39 km away, the pick of 12.
MuseumDerby Museum and Art Gallery39 km north
CathedralCoventry Cathedral Church of St Michael19 km south
CathedralLeicester Cathedral20 km east
CastleWarwick Castle35 km south
Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery35 km west · 856K visitors a year
MuseumHerbert Art Gallery & Museum20 km south · 300K visitors a year (2010)
Castle · English HeritageKenilworth Castle28 km southwest
CathedralLichfield Cathedral31 km northwest
Castle · English HeritageKirby Muxloe Castle14 km northeast
MuseumPickford's House Museum39 km north
MuseumMuseum of Making40 km north
CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral35 km westPlaces well known beyond Stoke Golding (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 Stoke Golding
What is there to see near Stoke Golding?
No attraction is mapped inside Stoke Golding itself. Within 5 km of it are Battlefield Line Railway, Bosworth Field Visitor Centre, Hinckley and District Museum and Ambion Hill.
Does Stoke Golding have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Stoke Golding: Bosworth Field Visitor Centre and Hinckley and District Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Stoke Golding?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kenilworth Castle (English Heritage), 28 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Stoke Golding?
Within 40 km: Derby Museum and Art Gallery (39 km), Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael (19 km), Leicester Cathedral (20 km), Warwick Castle (35 km).
Where are Stoke Golding’s historic buildings listed?
Stoke Golding has 5 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 Stoke Golding 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)
- Battlefield Line Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery: Janet Roberts from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leicester Cathedral: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warwick Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Art Gallery & Museum: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenilworth Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lichfield Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirby Muxloe Castle: en:User:Neddyseagoon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pickford's House Museum: sps1955 from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Making: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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