In Presteigne: The Judge's Lodging and one other place worth a visit
For a trip from Presteigne, Ludlow Castle is 22 km away. Both places to visit on our list are inside Presteigne’s built-up area; none are within 5 km of its edge.
The headline places in Presteigne
The list goes on from The Judge's Lodging to 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.
The map view
Furthest out is Shire Hall, at 300 m.
The dashed line is Presteigne’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 is on offer
Every one of them is among museums or galleries.
Green: inside Presteigne. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
The list is 2 places, all in town.
The 2 inside Presteigne come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
120 listed buildings are on Presteigne’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Presteigne →
Trips out
Leading the 12 is Ludlow Castle, 22 km away; they include 9 castles and 2 historic houses.
CastleLudlow Castle22 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageWigmore Castle11 km northeast
CathedralHereford Cathedral31 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageStokesay Castle21 km northeast
CastleBrampton Bryan Castle10 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustCroft Castle13 km east
Castle · English HeritageClun Castle17 km north
CastleHuntington Castle12 km southwest
CastleKinnersley Castle15 km south
Castle · CadwCastell Trefaldwyn34 km north
CastleHopton Castle15 km north
Historic house · National TrustBerrington Hall19 km eastPlaces well known beyond Presteigne (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.
Quick answers on Presteigne
What are the main attractions in Presteigne?
The best known inside Presteigne’s built-up area are The Judge's Lodging and Shire Hall. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town.
Does Presteigne have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Presteigne: The Judge's Lodging and Shire Hall.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Presteigne?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Wigmore Castle (English Heritage), 11 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Presteigne?
Within 40 km: Ludlow Castle (22 km), Wigmore Castle (11 km), Hereford Cathedral (31 km), Stokesay Castle (21 km).
Where are Presteigne’s historic buildings listed?
Presteigne has 120 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. 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 Presteigne 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)
- Ludlow Castle: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wigmore Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hereford Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stokesay Castle: Andy / Andrew Fogg from near Cambridge, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brampton Bryan Castle: Philip Pankhurst https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/19770, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Croft Castle: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clun Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Huntington Castle: Lucy Sheers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kinnersley Castle: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Trefaldwyn: Stoker243, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hopton Castle: Ostrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Berrington Hall: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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