Out from Scruton: Leeming Bar Railway Station and more
All of it lies outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge, none inside Scruton’s built-up area. Look for 2 attractions and a historic site. Beyond the town, the best known is Fountains Abbey, 24 km off.
Just outside Scruton, the best known
Along with Leeming Bar Railway Station, see an attraction and a historic site.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to go
Out of town, most of the 3 are to the southwest.
The dashed line is Scruton’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 kind of places
Most common are other attractions: 2 of 3.
Green: inside Scruton. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The places, one by one
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 3.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
4 listed buildings are on Scruton’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Scruton →
Further out, the best known
Top of the 12 day trips: Fountains Abbey, at 24 km.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey24 km south
Garden · National TrustStudley Royal Park23 km southCastleCastle · English HeritageMiddleham Castle18 km west
Castle · English HeritageRichmond Castle15 km northwest
CathedralRipon Cathedral21 km south
MuseumGreen Howards Museum16 km northwest · 50K visitors a year
CastleBolton Castle27 km west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageRievaulx Abbey Museum29 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageMount Grace Priory16 km east
Castle · English HeritageBarnard Castle Grounds35 km northwest
CastleRaby Castle34 km northwest
MuseumLocomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon34 km north · 94K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Scruton (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.
Know before you go to Scruton
What is there to see near Scruton?
No attraction is mapped inside Scruton itself. Within 5 km of it are Leeming Bar Railway Station, Big Sheep and Little Cow Farm and Bedale Leech House.
Does Scruton have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Scruton.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Scruton?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Fountains Abbey (English Heritage), 24 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Scruton?
Within 40 km: Fountains Abbey (24 km), Studley Royal Park (23 km), Middleham Castle (18 km), Richmond Castle (15 km).
Where are Scruton’s historic buildings listed?
Scruton has 4 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 Scruton 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 (11)
- Fountains Abbey: User:Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Studley Royal Park: silver_doctor. Iain Gilmour - www.silverexpressions.co.uk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richmond Castle: Dylan Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ripon Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Green Howards Museum: Immanuel Giel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bolton Castle: Bob Weyker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rievaulx Abbey Museum: Tilman2007/Dr. Volkmar Rudolf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Grace Priory: Frglrx, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barnard Castle Grounds: Robert Scarth from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raby Castle: malcolm tebbit, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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