What is near Gobowen: Chirk Castle first
Most of what there is to see is castles or historic places: 7 of 11. Gobowen itself has none of them. Among them, 2 are cared for: 1 by the National Trust and 1 by English Heritage. Day-trippers head 35 km out to Beeston Castle.
Leading the list near Gobowen
2 castles, a fort and a historic house follow Chirk Castle.
Castle · National TrustChirk Castle4.9 km outside town, to the northwest
CastleWhittington Castle2 km outside town, to the southeast
Fort · English HeritageOld Oswestry1.3 km outside town, to the south
CastleOswestry Castle2.6 km outside town, to the south
Historic houseBrynkinalt Hall3.4 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionPark Hall Farm400 m outside town, to the southEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped around Gobowen
To the south is where most of the 11 nearby are.
The dashed line is Gobowen’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Which kinds
Castles or historic places lead the count with 7; 3 are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Gobowen. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
2 places are cared for: 1 by the National Trust and 1 by English Heritage (Chirk Castle and Old Oswestry).
Each place in turn
Its 11 places all lie within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
6 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on Gobowen’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Gobowen →
A drive away
Beeston Castle, at 35 km, heads the 12.
Castle · English HeritageBeeston Castle35 km northeast
CastleHolt Castle Ruins23 km northeast
CastleCastell Dinas Brân13 km northwest
CathedralWrexham Cathedral17 km north
CathedralChester Cathedral34 km north
Abbey or priory · CadwValle Crucis Abbey15 km northwest
Castle · National TrustPowis Castle29 km south
CastleSycharth Castle13 km southwest
Abbey or prioryShrewsbury Abbey29 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageChester Castle34 km north
Castle · CadwCaergwrle Castle24 km north
ZooChester Zoo38 km northPlaces well known beyond Gobowen (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.
What visitors ask about Gobowen
What is there to see near Gobowen?
No attraction is mapped inside Gobowen itself. Within 5 km of it are Chirk Castle, Whittington Castle, Old Oswestry and Oswestry Castle.
Does Gobowen have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Gobowen: Cambrian Railways Museum, Oswestry Town Museum and WWII Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Gobowen?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Gobowen, 2 places are cared for: 1 by the National Trust and 1 by English Heritage (Chirk Castle and Old Oswestry).
What are the best-known days out near Gobowen?
Within 40 km: Beeston Castle (35 km), Holt Castle Ruins (23 km), Castell Dinas Brân (13 km), Wrexham Cathedral (17 km).
Where are Gobowen’s historic buildings listed?
Gobowen has 6 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 Gobowen 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 (17)
- Chirk Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whittington Castle: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Oswestry: Oswestry Borderland Tourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oswestry Castle: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brynkinalt Hall: Tony Teperek, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beeston Castle: TCExplorer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holt Castle Ruins: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Dinas Brân: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wrexham Cathedral: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Cathedral: Stephen Hamilton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valle Crucis Abbey: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Powis Castle: Alexander Forst-Rakoczy, CC BY-SA 2.0 at, Wikimedia Commons
- Sycharth Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shrewsbury Abbey: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caergwrle Castle: Clint Heacock, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Zoo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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