Places to visit around Sheet, from Ludlow Castle
What there is to see lies just outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are 2 museums and a castle. A longer outing takes you to Stokesay Castle, 12 km off.
The best known around Sheet
The rest of the best known are 2 museums.
CastleLudlow Castle1.9 km outside town, to the west
MuseumShropshire Museums' Collections Centre1.5 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumLudlow Museum1.6 km outside town, to the westEach 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
Head west for most of the 3 just outside.
The dashed line is Sheet’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 there is to see
Most common are museums or galleries: 2 of 3.
Green: inside Sheet. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 3 places.
Shropshire Museums' Collections Centre
Museum collections centre in Ludlow, Shropshire, United Kingdom.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
2 listed buildings are on Sheet’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Sheet →
The wider area
Most famous of the 12 is Stokesay Castle, 12 km from the centre.
Castle · English HeritageStokesay Castle12 km northwest
CathedralCathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary, the Virgin of Worcester37 km southeast
CathedralHereford Cathedral35 km south
Castle · English HeritageWigmore Castle13 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustCroft Castle12 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustBerrington Hall11 km south
CastleBrampton Bryan Castle16 km west
Abbey or prioryShrewsbury Abbey38 km north
Castle · English HeritageClun Castle24 km west
Historic house · English HeritageWitley Court26 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWenlock Priory27 km north
Castle · English HeritageActon Burnell Castle28 km northPlaces well known beyond Sheet (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.
Know before you go to Sheet
What is there to see near Sheet?
No attraction is mapped inside Sheet itself. Within 5 km of it are Ludlow Castle, Shropshire Museums' Collections Centre and Ludlow Museum.
Does Sheet have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Sheet: Shropshire Museums' Collections Centre and Ludlow Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Sheet?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Stokesay Castle (English Heritage), 12 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Sheet?
Within 40 km: Stokesay Castle (12 km), Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary, the Virgin of Worcester (37 km), Hereford Cathedral (35 km), Wigmore Castle (13 km).
Where are Sheet’s historic buildings listed?
Sheet has 2 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 Sheet 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)
- Ludlow Castle: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shropshire Museums' Collections Centre: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stokesay Castle: Andy / Andrew Fogg from near Cambridge, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary, the Virgin of Worcester: SimonWiseman, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hereford Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wigmore Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Croft Castle: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Berrington Hall: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brampton Bryan Castle: Philip Pankhurst https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/19770, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shrewsbury Abbey: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clun Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Witley Court: Robek, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Wenlock Priory: Speedbird2064, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Acton Burnell Castle: MortimerCat, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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