Places to visit around Wilby, from Irchester Railway Museum
Most of what there is to see is museums or galleries: 4 of 5. All of them lie outside Wilby. Allow a day for Bletchley Park, 32 km off.
Where to start near Wilby
After Irchester Railway Museum, look out for 3 museums and a water park.
MuseumIrchester Railway Museum3.1 km outside town, to the east
MuseumSywell Aviation Museum4.1 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumWellingborough Museum2.3 km outside town, to the northeastWater parkWater parkSplash Park2.7 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumWollaston Museum4.8 km outside town, to the southeastEach 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
At the edge of the map sits Wollaston Museum, 5.1 km out.
The dashed line is Wilby’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
The biggest group is museums or galleries, with 4 of the 5.
Green: inside Wilby. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
5 places make the list, every one within 5 km of its edge.
Sywell Aviation Museum
Aviation museum in Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire.
Wellingborough Museum
Museum in Wellingborough, England, United Kingdom.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
12 listed buildings are on Wilby’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Wilby →
Trips out
Bletchley Park, 32 km away, is the best known of the 12.
MuseumBletchley Park32 km south
Historic houseAlthorp19 km west
CathedralNorthampton Cathedral13 km west
CastleKimbolton Castle23 km eastHistoric houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey35 km south
CastleFotheringhay Castle33 km northeast
CastleNorthampton Castle13 km southwest
Historic houseColworth House13 km southeast
CastleCastle Ashby House7.1 km south
Historic houseBoughton House16 km north
CastleLavendon Castle13 km south
CastleBarnwell Castle26 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Wilby (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 Wilby: the answers
What is there to see near Wilby?
No attraction is mapped inside Wilby itself. Within 5 km of it are Irchester Railway Museum, Sywell Aviation Museum, Wellingborough Museum and Splash Park.
Does Wilby have a museum?
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Wilby: Irchester Railway Museum, Sywell Aviation Museum, Wellingborough Museum and Wollaston Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Wilby?
None is recorded within 5 km of Wilby.
What are the best-known days out near Wilby?
Within 40 km: Bletchley Park (32 km), Althorp (19 km), Northampton Cathedral (13 km), Kimbolton Castle (23 km).
Where are Wilby’s historic buildings listed?
Wilby has 12 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 Wilby 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)
- Irchester Railway Museum: Mick from Northamptonshire, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sywell Aviation Museum: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Althorp: Andrew Walker (walker44), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimbolton Castle: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fotheringhay Castle: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton Castle: C. H. Hartshorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colworth House: Lecomte99 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Ashby House: R Neil Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boughton House: John Stolarski, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lavendon Castle: Nigel Stickells, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barnwell Castle: Will Lovell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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