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Myddelton House Gardens
Attractions in Enfield

Myddelton House Gardens opens Enfield’s list

22 of the 39 places to visit in and around Enfield are museums or galleries. There are 5 places to visit inside Enfield’s built-up area, and 34 more within 5 km of its edge. Visitors to Kenwood House numbered 160K in 2015. The list includes 2 places in care: 1 by English Heritage and 1 by the National Trust. Beyond the town, the best known is British Museum, 14 km off.

Photo: Myddelton House Gardens, Christine Matthews (CC BY-SA 2.0)
In Enfield
5
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
34
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
22
in or near town
Castles & historic places
6
in or near town
Cared for
2
National Trust, English Heritage, Cadw and others
Best known

Enfield’s big names

Behind Myddelton House Gardens on the list are 4 museums and a historic house.

GardenMyddelton House Gardensin townMuseumTrent Park House of Secretsin townMuseumMuseumDugdale Centre Museumin townMuseumMuseumRSA Interpretation Centrein townMuseumMuseumWhitewebbs Museum of Transportin townHistoric house · English HeritageKenwood House4.7 km outside town, to the southwest · 160K visitors a year (2015)

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

Where to find them

The farthest of them, Potters Bar Museum, is 10 km out.

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The dashed line is Enfield’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 are the biggest group (22), then castles or historic places (6).

Museums & galleries 19 museums · 3 art galleries4 in town · 18 nearby
Castles & historic places 2 historic houses · 1 castle · 1 church · 1 abbey or priory · 1 cathedral0 in town · 6 nearby
Gardens & estates 3 gardens · 1 park or estate1 in town · 3 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 2 zoos0 in town · 2 nearby
Other attractions 5 attractions0 in town · 5 nearby

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

2 places are cared for: 1 by English Heritage and 1 by the National Trust (Kenwood House and Morven Park).

Every place

Place by place

In town there are 5, and the list adds 34 more within 5 km of its edge.

Kenwood House

Historic house · 4.7 km outside town, to the southwest

Art museum and historic house in Hampstead, London.

Run by English Heritage · 160K visitors a year (2015)
About Kenwood House →

The 5 inside Enfield 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.

267 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on Enfield’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Enfield →

Big names nearby

For a day out

British Museum, 14 km away, is the best known of the 12.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum14 km south · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)Big drawCastleTower of London15 km south · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)Historic houseBuckingham Palace16 km southCathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey16 km southAttractionElizabeth Tower16 km southBig drawArt galleryNational Gallery15 km south · 709K visitors a year (2021)CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral14 km southAttractionLondon Eye15 km southMuseumMadame Tussauds14 km southBig drawArt galleryTate Modern15 km south · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum17 km south · 858K visitors a year (2021)Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum17 km southwest · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)

Places well known beyond Enfield (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 Enfield

What are the main attractions in Enfield?

The best known inside Enfield’s built-up area are Myddelton House Gardens, Trent Park House of Secrets, Dugdale Centre Museum and RSA Interpretation Centre. In all, 5 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 34 more within 5 km.

Does Enfield have a museum?

22 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Enfield: Trent Park House of Secrets, Dugdale Centre Museum, RSA Interpretation Centre and Whitewebbs Museum of Transport.

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

Yes. In or within 5 km of Enfield, 2 places are cared for: 1 by English Heritage and 1 by the National Trust (Kenwood House and Morven Park).

What are the best-known days out near Enfield?

Within 40 km: British Museum (14 km), Tower of London (15 km), Buckingham Palace (16 km), Westminster Abbey (16 km).

Where are Enfield’s historic buildings listed?

Enfield has 267 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 Enfield 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).

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