In Daventry, Daventry Museum is the place to visit
From Daventry, the big name within reach is Althorp, 11 km away. We list one place to visit inside Daventry’s built-up area and another within 5 km of its edge.
Daventry’s best known
A museum follows Daventry Museum.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
How they lie
Out at 6.9 km is Visitors Centre Weedon Depot, the farthest.
The dashed line is Daventry’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
They are all museums or galleries: 2 in all.
Green: inside Daventry. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every one of them
First the one in town, then another within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Daventry comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
74 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Daventry’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Daventry →
Names further out
Althorp (11 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
Historic houseAlthorp11 km east
CastleWarwick Castle29 km west
CathedralCoventry Cathedral Church of St Michael28 km northwest
Castle · English HeritageKenilworth Castle31 km west
CathedralNorthampton Cathedral18 km east
MuseumHerbert Art Gallery & Museum28 km northwest · 300K visitors a year (2010)
CastleCaludon Castle26 km northwest
CastleNorthampton Castle18 km east
Museum · National TrustStowe House28 km south
Historic houseShakespeare's Birthplace38 km west
CastleAstwell Castle20 km south
Historic houseCoombe Abbey23 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Daventry (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 Daventry’s attractions
What are the main attractions in Daventry?
The place to visit inside Daventry’s built-up area is Daventry Museum. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Daventry have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Daventry: Daventry Museum and Visitors Centre Weedon Depot.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Daventry?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kenilworth Castle (English Heritage), 31 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Daventry?
Within 40 km: Althorp (11 km), Warwick Castle (29 km), Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael (28 km), Kenilworth Castle (31 km).
Where are Daventry’s historic buildings listed?
Daventry has 74 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 Daventry 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 (12)
- Althorp: Andrew Walker (walker44), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warwick Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenilworth Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Art Gallery & Museum: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caludon Castle: Mum's taxi (Wikipedia Takes Coventry participant), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stowe House: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shakespeare's Birthplace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Astwell Castle: Allan Fea (1860 - 1956)?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Coombe Abbey: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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