Bourne to see, Bourne Castle first
4 of the 7 places to visit in and around Bourne are castles or historic places. The built-up area itself has 6 places on our list; one more is within 5 km of its edge. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 5 of them. Drive 15 km to reach Burghley House.
What Bourne is known for
The rest of the best known are 2 museums, an abbey or priory and a historic house.
CastleBourne Castlein town
Abbey or prioryBourne Abbeyin townHistoric houseHistoric houseRed Hallin townMuseumMuseumBaldocks Millin townMuseumMuseumDelaine Bus Museumin townTheme parkTheme parkEscape 2 Playin townEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to find them
Grimsthorpe Castle, 5.7 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is Bourne’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What they are
Count 4 castles or historic places and 2 museums or galleries.
Green: inside Bourne. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The list in full
The 6 inside Bourne come first, then one more within 5 km of its edge.
7The 6 inside Bourne come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
62 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Bourne’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Bourne →
Within a day
Burghley House, at 15 km, heads the 12.
Historic houseBurghley House15 km south
CathedralPeterborough Cathedral24 km southeast
Garden · National TrustWoolsthorpe Manor18 km west
Historic house · National TrustBelton House25 km northwest
CastleFotheringhay Castle27 km south
Historic houseBelvoir Castle31 km northwest
CastleWoodcroft Castle16 km south
Historic house · National TrustTattershall Castle39 km northMuseumMuseumGordon Boswell Romany Museum16 km east
Historic houseHarlaxton Manor23 km northwest
Abbey or prioryCrowland Abbey18 km southeast
CastleOakham Castle26 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Bourne (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.
Places to visit in Bourne: questions
What are the main attractions in Bourne?
The best known inside Bourne’s built-up area are Bourne Castle, Bourne Abbey, Red Hall and Baldocks Mill. In all, 6 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Bourne have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Bourne: Baldocks Mill and Delaine Bus Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Bourne?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Woolsthorpe Manor (National Trust), 18 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Bourne?
Within 40 km: Burghley House (15 km), Peterborough Cathedral (24 km), Woolsthorpe Manor (18 km), Belton House (25 km).
Where are Bourne’s historic buildings listed?
Bourne has 62 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 Bourne 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 (14)
- Bourne Castle: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bourne Abbey: Alex Cameron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grimsthorpe Castle: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burghley House: Anthony Masi from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peterborough Cathedral: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woolsthorpe Manor: Hel-hama, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belton House: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fotheringhay Castle: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belvoir Castle: Nancy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodcroft Castle: Andrew Kerr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tattershall Castle: Brian from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harlaxton Manor: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crowland Abbey: Thorvaldsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oakham Castle: Simon Garbutt. SiGarb 21:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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