Out from Long Preston: Settle Station Signal Box and more
There is no place to visit inside Long Preston’s built-up area; there are 3 within 5 km of its edge. On the list: 2 museums and an attraction, among others. A longer outing takes you to Skipton Castle, 17 km off.
Leading the list near Long Preston
Next to Settle Station Signal Box, the best known are a museum and an attraction.
MuseumMuseum of North Craven Life4.9 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionScaleber Force4 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Plotted on the map
Look to the north for most of the 3 just outside.
The dashed line is Long Preston’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 they are
Museums or galleries lead the count with 2 of 3.
Green: inside Long Preston. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place to visit
Here are the 3 places 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 Long Preston’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Long Preston →
For a day out
Of the 12 day trips, Skipton Castle (17 km) is the best known.
CastleSkipton Castle17 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSawley Abbey13 km southwest
CastleLancaster Castle36 km west
MuseumPendle Heritage Centre19 km south · 100K visitors a year
CastleBolton Castle39 km northeast
AttractionIngleborough Cave15 km northwest
CathedralBlackburn Cathedral34 km southwest
CastleCliffe Castle28 km southeast · 65K visitors a year
CathedralLancaster Cathedral35 km west
MuseumBronte Parsonage Museum29 km southeast
Abbey or prioryBolton Abbey25 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhalley Abbey24 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Long Preston (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.
Places to visit in Long Preston: questions
What is there to see near Long Preston?
No attraction is mapped inside Long Preston itself. Within 5 km of it are Settle Station Signal Box, Museum of North Craven Life and Scaleber Force.
Does Long Preston have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Long Preston: Settle Station Signal Box and Museum of North Craven Life.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Long Preston?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Sawley Abbey (English Heritage), 13 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Long Preston?
Within 40 km: Skipton Castle (17 km), Sawley Abbey (13 km), Lancaster Castle (36 km), Pendle Heritage Centre (19 km).
Where are Long Preston’s historic buildings listed?
Long Preston 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 Long Preston 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)
- Museum of North Craven Life: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Skipton Castle: Davegill70, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sawley Abbey: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancaster Castle: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pendle Heritage Centre: Peter Worrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bolton Castle: Bob Weyker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ingleborough Cave: Peter Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackburn Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliffe Castle: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancaster Cathedral: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bronte Parsonage Museum: SpaceMonkey at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bolton Abbey: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whalley Abbey: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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