A zoo just outside Felton: Northumberland Zoo
Warkworth Castle, 7.9 km from Felton, is the best-known trip nearby. With nothing inside Felton’s built-up area, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its edge. On the list: a zoo and a castle, among others.
Just outside Felton, the best known
Alongside Northumberland Zoo you find a castle.
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 each one is
The outermost point is Northumberland Zoo, at 3.3 km.
The dashed line is Felton’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
It comes down to a zoo and a castle.
Green: inside Felton. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything to see
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 2 places in all.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
37 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Felton’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Felton →
A little further out
Start with Warkworth Castle, 7.9 km off, the best known of 12.
Castle · English HeritageWarkworth Castle7.9 km northeast
CastleAlnwick Castle13 km north
Historic house · National TrustCragside11 km west
Castle · English HeritageDunstanburgh Castle22 km north
CastleBamburgh Castle34 km northCastleCastle · English HeritageEdlingham Castle11 km northwest
MuseumTurbinia37 km south
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBrinkburn Priory7.4 km west
CastleBothal Castle15 km southHistoric houseHistoric house · English HeritageBelsay Castle24 km southwestCastleCastleChillingham Castle28 km northwest
CathedralNewcastle Cathedral37 km southPlaces well known beyond Felton (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.
Seeing Felton: questions
What is there to see near Felton?
No attraction is mapped inside Felton itself. Within 5 km of it are Northumberland Zoo and Eshott Castle.
Does Felton have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Felton.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Felton?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Warkworth Castle (English Heritage), 7.9 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Felton?
Within 40 km: Warkworth Castle (7.9 km), Alnwick Castle (13 km), Cragside (11 km), Dunstanburgh Castle (22 km).
Where are Felton’s historic buildings listed?
Felton has 37 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 Felton 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 (9)
- Warkworth Castle: Draco2008 from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alnwick Castle: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cragside: Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunstanburgh Castle: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bamburgh Castle: Michael Hanselmann - Quaoar10, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brinkburn Priory: Evan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bothal Castle: DRomley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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