Places to visit around Dunnington, from Yorkshire Air Museum
Visitors to Dunnington can choose from 3 museums, 2 attractions and a theme park. There is no place to visit inside Dunnington’s built-up area; there are 8 within 5 km of its edge. Further afield, York Minster is 6.7 km from the centre.
Leading the list near Dunnington
Yorkshire Air Museum aside, the next best known are 2 museums, a theme park and a historic house.
MuseumYorkshire Air Museum2.9 km outside town, to the south
Theme parkMurton Park1.3 km outside town, to the west
Historic houseBrockfield Hall2.1 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionYork Maze1.9 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumCraven's Motorcycle Museum3 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumCatton Heritage Museum2.9 km outside town, to the eastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Around Dunnington, mapped
At the edge of the map sits Norman Rea Art Gallery, 5 km out.
The dashed line is Dunnington’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 you can see
4 museums or galleries and 2 other attractions top the count.
Green: inside Dunnington. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every entry
Nothing is inside Dunnington itself; these 8 are within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
14 listed buildings are on Dunnington’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Dunnington →
Big names nearby
Head 6.7 km out for York Minster, the best known of 12.
ChurchYork Minster6.7 km westMuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum7.8 km west · 808K visitors a year
Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower6.7 km west
MuseumYorkshire Museum7.1 km west · 164K visitors a year (2019)
MuseumYork Castle Museum6.6 km west · 284K visitors a year (2013)
Historic houseCastle Howard18 km north
FortYork city walls6.7 km west
Art galleryYork Art Gallery7 km west
MuseumJorvik Viking Centre6.7 km west
Abbey or priorySt Mary's Abbey7.1 km west
Garden · National TrustTreasurer's House Garden6.7 km west
Historic houseHarewood House37 km westPlaces well known beyond Dunnington (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.
Dunnington: questions and answers
What is there to see near Dunnington?
No attraction is mapped inside Dunnington itself. Within 5 km of it are Yorkshire Air Museum, Murton Park, Brockfield Hall and York Maze.
Does Dunnington have a museum?
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Dunnington: Yorkshire Air Museum, Craven's Motorcycle Museum, Catton Heritage Museum and Norman Rea Art Gallery.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Dunnington?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Clifford's Tower (English Heritage), 6.7 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Dunnington?
Within 40 km: York Minster (6.7 km), National Railway Museum (7.8 km), Clifford's Tower (6.7 km), Yorkshire Museum (7.1 km).
Where are Dunnington’s historic buildings listed?
Dunnington has 14 listed buildings. 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 Dunnington 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)
- Yorkshire Air Museum: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Murton Park: Richard Harvey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brockfield Hall: In Vitrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mary's Abbey: Kaly99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Treasurer's House Garden: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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