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The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
Attractions in Crowle

Places to visit around Crowle, from The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft

The best-known day out from Crowle is Conisbrough Castle, 30 km away. What there is to see lies just outside: 2 places within 5 km of its edge.

Photo: The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, James Race (Public domain)
In Crowle
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Best known

The names to know near Crowle

Beyond The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, there is a museum.

MuseumThe Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft4.2 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumCrowle Peatland Railway1 km outside town, to the northwest

Each 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

Places on the map

At 5.3 km, The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft is the farthest one out.

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The dashed line is Crowle’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

Kind by kind

Both are museums or galleries.

Museums & galleries 2 museums0 in town · 2 nearby

Green: inside Crowle. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

Both on the list

Both on the list lie within 5 km of its edge.

Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.

21 listed buildings are on Crowle’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Crowle →

Big names nearby

Beyond Crowle

Worth the drive, Conisbrough Castle (30 km) is first of the 12.

CastleCastle · English HeritageConisbrough Castle30 km southwestCastlePontefract Castle33 km westHistoric house · English HeritageCarlton Towers17 km northwestCastleWressle castle20 km northZooYorkshire Wildlife Park18 km southwestCastleTickhill Castle27 km southwestAbbey or priory · English HeritageRoche Abbey33 km southwestMuseumFerriby Boats25 km northeastMuseumHull Streetlife Museum37 km northeast · 126K visitors a yearMuseum · English HeritageGainsborough Old Hall23 km southGarden · English HeritageBrodsworth Hall and Gardens27 km westHistoric house · National TrustNostell Priory37 km west

Places well known beyond Crowle (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.

What people ask about Crowle

What is there to see near Crowle?

No attraction is mapped inside Crowle itself. Within 5 km of it are The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft and Crowle Peatland Railway.

Does Crowle have a museum?

2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Crowle: The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft and Crowle Peatland Railway.

Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Crowle?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Conisbrough Castle (English Heritage), 30 km southwest.

What are the best-known days out near Crowle?

Within 40 km: Conisbrough Castle (30 km), Pontefract Castle (33 km), Carlton Towers (17 km), Wressle castle (20 km).

Where are Crowle’s historic buildings listed?

Crowle has 21 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 Crowle 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)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.