1Cawood Castle
Grade I listed quadrangular castle in Cawood, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Attractions in Cawood
Where to go near Cawood
Close by, the list has a single place: Cawood Castle, within 5 km of its edge. Within reach, the name to know is York Minster, 15 km away. The wider area, within 40 km, adds 12, 4 museums and 3 castles among them.
For a day out
12
within 40 km
The best known
15 km
York Minster
Close by
1
within 5 km of its edge
Close by
The nearest one
At 200 m out, Cawood Castle comes first. Cawood Castle is a grade I listed quadrangular castle in Cawood, Selby, North Yorkshire.
The map
Around Cawood, mapped
The map numbers 7 places, in the order of the tiles below.
Cawood is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
Grouped by kind
Castles or historic places number 8, museums or galleries 5.
Museums & galleries 4 museums · 1 art gallery0 in town · 5 nearby
Castles & historic places 4 castles · 2 historic houses · 1 church · 1 fort1 in town · 7 nearby
Green: inside Cawood. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Clifford's Tower).
Every place
Place after place
13 places in all: one in town and 12 within 40 km.
National Railway Museum
National rail transport museum in York, England, United Kingdom.
Harewood House
Grade I listed historic house museum and Zoo in Harewood, United Kingdom.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Sculpture park in West Bretton, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
What is in or close to Cawood comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
29 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on Cawood’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Cawood →
A day out
Further out from Cawood
Looking within 40 km, our list finds 12 places; these come first.
2ChurchYork Minster15 km northMuseumBig draw3MuseumNational Railway Museum15 km north · 808K visitors a year
4Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower14 km north
5MuseumYorkshire Museum15 km north · 164K visitors a year (2019)
6MuseumYork Castle Museum14 km north · 284K visitors a year (2013)
7Historic houseCastle Howard36 km northeast
Historic houseHarewood House27 km west
FortYork city walls14 km north
CastlePontefract Castle19 km southwest
Art galleryYork Art Gallery15 km north
CastleSandal Castle30 km southwest
MuseumYorkshire Sculpture Park38 km southwest · 300K visitors a yearThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: York →
Good to know in Cawood
What are the main attractions in Cawood?
The place to visit inside Cawood’s built-up area is Cawood Castle. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town.
Does Cawood have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Cawood.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Cawood?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Clifford's Tower (English Heritage), 14 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Cawood?
Within 40 km: York Minster (15 km), National Railway Museum (15 km), Clifford's Tower (14 km), Yorkshire Museum (15 km).
Where are Cawood’s historic buildings listed?
Cawood has 29 listed buildings, 3 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 Cawood 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 (6)
- Cawood Castle: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Howard: Pwojdacz. Original uploader was Pwojdacz at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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