Places to visit around Newnham, from Daventry Museum
For a trip from Newnham, Althorp is 12 km away. There is no place to visit inside Newnham’s built-up area; there are 2 within 5 km of its edge.
The best known around Newnham
Along with Daventry Museum, see a 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.
Where they are
The map stretches to Visitors Centre Weedon Depot, 5.2 km away.
The dashed line is Newnham’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 you can see
Every one of them is among museums or galleries.
Green: inside Newnham. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
Nothing is inside Newnham itself; these 2 are within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
27 listed buildings are on Newnham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Newnham →
The wider area
Althorp, at 12 km, heads the 12 day trips.
Historic houseAlthorp12 km northeast
CastleWarwick Castle30 km west
MuseumBletchley Park38 km southeast
CathedralCoventry Cathedral Church of St Michael31 km northwest
Castle · English HeritageKenilworth Castle32 km northwest
CathedralNorthampton Cathedral18 km east
MuseumHerbert Art Gallery & Museum31 km northwest · 300K visitors a year (2010)
Museum · National TrustStowe House24 km southeast
CastleNorthampton Castle17 km east
CastleAstwell Castle16 km south
Historic house · National TrustCanons Ashby House8.8 km south
CastleCaludon Castle29 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Newnham (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.
Visiting Newnham: the answers
What is there to see near Newnham?
No attraction is mapped inside Newnham itself. Within 5 km of it are Daventry Museum and Visitors Centre Weedon Depot.
Does Newnham have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Newnham: Daventry Museum and Visitors Centre Weedon Depot.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Newnham?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kenilworth Castle (English Heritage), 32 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Newnham?
Within 40 km: Althorp (12 km), Warwick Castle (30 km), Bletchley Park (38 km), Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael (31 km).
Where are Newnham’s historic buildings listed?
Newnham has 27 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 Newnham 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
- Bletchley Park: 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
- Stowe House: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Astwell Castle: Allan Fea (1860 - 1956)?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Canons Ashby House: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caludon Castle: Mum's taxi (Wikipedia Takes Coventry participant), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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