Around Threshfield, Folk Museum leads the list
From Threshfield, the big name within reach is Fountains Abbey, 28 km away. With nothing inside Threshfield’s built-up area, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its edge. On the list: a museum and an attraction, among others.
Top of the list around Threshfield
Alongside Folk Museum you find an attraction.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Around Threshfield, mapped
The farthest of them, Kilnsey Park and Trout Farm, is 4.3 km out.
The dashed line is Threshfield’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The types of place
The list holds a museum and an attraction.
Green: inside Threshfield. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Both on the list
Its 2 places all lie within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
10 listed buildings are on Threshfield’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Threshfield →
Day trips
Of the 12 day trips, Fountains Abbey (28 km) is the best known.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey28 km east
Garden · National TrustStudley Royal Park29 km east
CastleSkipton Castle12 km southCastleCastle · English HeritageMiddleham Castle27 km northeast
Historic houseHarewood House37 km southeast
CastleBolton Castle28 km north
MuseumNational Science and Media Museum35 km southeast · 442K visitors a year (2015)
CathedralRipon Cathedral33 km east
Abbey or prioryBolton Abbey13 km southeast
CathedralBradford Cathedral35 km southeast
CastleCliffe Castle23 km south · 65K visitors a year
Abbey or prioryBolton Priory13 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Threshfield (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 before you go to Threshfield
What is there to see near Threshfield?
No attraction is mapped inside Threshfield itself. Within 5 km of it are Folk Museum and Kilnsey Park and Trout Farm.
Does Threshfield have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Threshfield: Folk Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Threshfield?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Fountains Abbey (English Heritage), 28 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Threshfield?
Within 40 km: Fountains Abbey (28 km), Studley Royal Park (29 km), Skipton Castle (12 km), Middleham Castle (27 km).
Where are Threshfield’s historic buildings listed?
Threshfield has 10 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 Threshfield 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
- Skipton Castle: Davegill70, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bolton Castle: Bob Weyker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Science and Media Museum: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ripon Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bolton Abbey: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bradford Cathedral: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliffe Castle: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bolton Priory: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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