3.3 km from Easington, Land of Iron leads the list
A day out from Easington leads to Whitby Abbey, 17 km away. With nothing inside Easington’s built-up area, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its edge.
Where to start near Easington
Second to Land of Iron is a museum.
MuseumStaithes Heritage Centre and the Captain Cook Museum3.4 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.
Where they are
Staithes Heritage Centre and the Captain Cook Museum marks the outer edge, 3.9 km away.
The dashed line is Easington’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
How the list breaks down
Every one of them is among museums or galleries.
Green: inside Easington. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
You will find both within 5 km of its edge.
Staithes Heritage Centre and the Captain Cook Museum
Museum in Staithes, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
5 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on Easington’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Easington →
Day trips
First of the 12 big names within reach is Whitby Abbey, 17 km away.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhitby Abbey17 km southeast
Abbey or priory · English HeritageGisborough Priory13 km west
CastleOld Mulgrave Castle12 km southeast
CathedralMiddlesbrough Cathedral24 km west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageRievaulx Abbey Museum37 km southwest
CastleDanby Castle11 km south
Castle · English HeritagePickering Castle34 km south
Historic shipHMS Trincomalee28 km northwest
Art galleryMiddlesbrough Institute of Modern Art25 km west
Castle · English HeritageHelmsley Castle37 km south
Abbey or priory · English HeritageMount Grace Priory35 km southwest
MuseumCaptain Cook Memorial Museum17 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Easington (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.
Questions about Easington’s attractions
What is there to see near Easington?
No attraction is mapped inside Easington itself. Within 5 km of it are Land of Iron and Staithes Heritage Centre and the Captain Cook Museum.
Does Easington have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Easington: Land of Iron and Staithes Heritage Centre and the Captain Cook Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Easington?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Whitby Abbey (English Heritage), 17 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Easington?
Within 40 km: Whitby Abbey (17 km), Gisborough Priory (13 km), Old Mulgrave Castle (12 km), Middlesbrough Cathedral (24 km).
Where are Easington’s historic buildings listed?
Easington has 5 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 Easington 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)
- Staithes Heritage Centre and the Captain Cook Museum: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whitby Abbey: aude, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gisborough Priory: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Mulgrave Castle: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Middlesbrough Cathedral: MiddlesbroughCathedral.JPG: JohnArmagh derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rievaulx Abbey Museum: Tilman2007/Dr. Volkmar Rudolf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danby Castle: Simon Armstrong, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pickering Castle: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Trincomalee: David Manley at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art: Francis Hannaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helmsley Castle: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Grace Priory: Frglrx, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Captain Cook Memorial Museum: aude, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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