Where to go in Craven Arms: Land of Lost Content and one more
Castles or historic places make up 3 of the 5 places on the list. We list 2 places to visit inside Craven Arms’ built-up area and 3 within 5 km of its edge. In heritage care, one place on the list is looked after by English Heritage. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 2 of the places on the list. For a full day, there is Ludlow Castle, 11 km away.
Where to start in Craven Arms
Next to Land of Lost Content, the best known are an attraction, a castle and a historic house.
MuseumLand of Lost Contentin townAttractionAttractionShropshire Hills Discovery Centrein town
Castle · English HeritageStokesay Castle600 m outside town, to the south
Historic houseStokesay Court3.7 km outside town, to the southHistoric siteHistoric siteFlounders' Folly3.1 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to find them
On the map, most of the 3 sit to the south.
The dashed line is Craven Arms’ 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
The biggest group is castles or historic places, with 3 of the 5.
Green: inside Craven Arms. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Stokesay Castle).
The places, one by one
The town has 2; within 5 km of its edge, the list finds 3 more.
Stokesay Castle
Grade I listed historic house museum in Shropshire, England, UK.
Stokesay Court
Grade II* listed manor house in the parish of Onibury, Shropshire, England, UK.
The 2 inside Craven Arms 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.
9 listed buildings are on Craven Arms’ History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Craven Arms →
Within a day
Leading the 12 is Ludlow Castle, 11 km away; they include 9 castles and an abbey or priory.
CastleLudlow Castle11 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageWigmore Castle14 km south
Castle · National TrustPowis Castle32 km northwest
Castle · English HeritageClun Castle13 km west
CastleHopton Castle8.1 km southwest
CastleBrampton Bryan Castle12 km southwest
Castle · CadwCastell Trefaldwyn25 km northwest
Abbey or prioryShrewsbury Abbey30 km north
Historic house · National TrustCroft Castle17 km south
Castle · English HeritageActon Burnell Castle22 km northeast
CathedralShrewsbury Cathedral30 km northCastleCastleShrewsbury Castle31 km northPlaces well known beyond Craven Arms (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.
Good to know in Craven Arms
What are the main attractions in Craven Arms?
The best known inside Craven Arms’ built-up area are Land of Lost Content and Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.
Does Craven Arms have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Craven Arms: Land of Lost Content.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Craven Arms?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Craven Arms, 1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Stokesay Castle).
What are the best-known days out near Craven Arms?
Within 40 km: Ludlow Castle (11 km), Wigmore Castle (14 km), Powis Castle (32 km), Clun Castle (13 km).
Where are Craven Arms’ historic buildings listed?
Craven Arms has 9 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 Craven Arms 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 (14)
- Land of Lost Content: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stokesay Castle: Andy / Andrew Fogg from near Cambridge, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stokesay Court: PJMarriott, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ludlow Castle: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wigmore Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Powis Castle: Alexander Forst-Rakoczy, CC BY-SA 2.0 at, Wikimedia Commons
- Clun Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hopton Castle: Ostrich, 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
- Castell Trefaldwyn: Stoker243, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shrewsbury Abbey: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Croft Castle: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Acton Burnell Castle: MortimerCat, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shrewsbury Cathedral: Fountain Posters, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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