Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Trips out from Knighton
Close by, the list has a single place: Knighton Museum, within 5 km of its edge. Further afield, the best known is Ludlow Castle, at 22 km. Look within 40 km and there are 12, among them 10 castles and a cathedral.
Closest in
Start with Knighton Museum, 200 m away.
Plotted
7 places are numbered, in the order below.
Knighton is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What you can see
Castles or historic places lead the count with 12 of 13.
Green: inside Knighton. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
7 places are cared for: 3 by English Heritage, 2 by the National Trust and 2 by Cadw (Clun Castle, Wigmore Castle, Stokesay Castle and Powis Castle, and 3 more).
The whole list for Knighton
The town has one; within 40 km, the list finds 12 more.
Stokesay Castle
Grade I listed historic house museum in Shropshire, England, UK.
Brampton Bryan Castle
Grade I listed castle in Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, England,UK.
Croft Castle
Castle and historic house museum near Leominster, Herefordshire, England, UK.
What is in or close to Knighton comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
78 listed buildings and 4 scheduled monuments are on Knighton’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Knighton →
Within a drive of Knighton
These are the best known of the 12 places within 40 km, close and famous first.
2CastleLudlow Castle22 km east
3Castle · English HeritageClun Castle8.8 km north
4Castle · English HeritageWigmore Castle13 km east
5Castle · English HeritageStokesay Castle18 km northeast
6CathedralHereford Cathedral39 km southeast
7CastleBrampton Bryan Castle8.4 km east
Castle · National TrustPowis Castle35 km north
CastleHopton Castle9.9 km northeast
Castle · CadwCastell Trefaldwyn26 km north
Historic house · National TrustCroft Castle18 km east
Castle · CadwDolforwyn Castle27 km northwest
CastleCefnllys Castle22 km southwestThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Ludlow →
Practical questions about Knighton
What are the main attractions in Knighton?
The place to visit inside Knighton’s built-up area is Knighton Museum. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town.
Does Knighton have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Knighton: Knighton Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Knighton?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Clun Castle (English Heritage), 8.8 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Knighton?
Within 40 km: Ludlow Castle (22 km), Clun Castle (8.8 km), Wigmore Castle (13 km), Stokesay Castle (18 km).
Where are Knighton’s historic buildings listed?
Knighton has 78 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Cadw’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 Knighton 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 (6)
- Ludlow Castle: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clun Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wigmore Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stokesay Castle: Andy / Andrew Fogg from near Cambridge, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hereford Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brampton Bryan Castle: Philip Pankhurst https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/19770, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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