In Blue Anchor, Gauge Museum Blue Anchor is the place to visit
Around Blue Anchor, the places to visit include 6 museums, 5 attractions and a historic house. Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 15 beyond the one inside Blue Anchor’s built-up area. Heritage bodies look after 4 of them: 2 by the National Trust and 2 by English Heritage. A longer outing takes you to National Museum Cardiff, 38 km off.
Most famous in Blue Anchor
Next to Gauge Museum Blue Anchor, the best known are a historic house, an abbey or priory and a castle.
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle2.5 km outside town, to the west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCleeve Abbey3.1 km outside town, to the southeast
Castle · English HeritageDaw's Castle3.3 km outside town, to the east
ZooTropiquaria3.7 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumWatchet Museum4.1 km outside town, to the eastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
How they lie
Furthest from the centre is Watchet Boat Museum, 5.2 km away.
The dashed line is Blue Anchor’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
Museums or galleries lead the count with 6; 5 are other attractions.
Green: inside Blue Anchor. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
4 places are cared for: 2 by the National Trust and 2 by English Heritage (Dunster Castle, Cleeve Abbey, Daw's Castle and Dream Garden (NT)).
Place by place
The town has one; within 5 km of its edge, the list finds 15 more.
7The one inside Blue Anchor comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
2 listed buildings are on Blue Anchor’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Blue Anchor →
Further afield
Worth the drive, National Museum Cardiff (38 km) is first of the 12.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff38 km northeast · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle37 km northeast
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral38 km north
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre36 km north · 610K visitors a year
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral37 km northeast
Castle · CadwOgmore Castle37 km northwest
CastleSt Donats Castle26 km north
CastleStogursey Castle18 km east
Castle · CadwY Castell Newydd39 km north
Castle · CadwCastell Coety40 km north
Castle · CadwOld Beaupre Castle29 km north
CastleBarry Castle25 km northPlaces well known beyond Blue Anchor (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.
Asked about places to visit in Blue Anchor
What are the main attractions in Blue Anchor?
The place to visit inside Blue Anchor’s built-up area is Gauge Museum Blue Anchor. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 15 more within 5 km.
Does Blue Anchor have a museum?
6 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Blue Anchor: Gauge Museum Blue Anchor, Watchet Museum, Watchet Boat Museum and Dunster Doll Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Blue Anchor?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Blue Anchor, 4 places are cared for: 2 by the National Trust and 2 by English Heritage (Dunster Castle, Cleeve Abbey, Daw's Castle and Dream Garden (NT)).
What are the best-known days out near Blue Anchor?
Within 40 km: National Museum Cardiff (38 km), Cardiff Castle (37 km), Llandaff Cathedral (38 km), St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre (36 km).
Where are Blue Anchor’s historic buildings listed?
Blue Anchor 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 Blue Anchor 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 (18)
- Dunster Castle: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleeve Abbey: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daw's Castle: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tropiquaria: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Watchet Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Watchet Boat Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llandaff Cathedral: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ogmore Castle: Ewan Topping from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Donats Castle: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stogursey Castle: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Y Castell Newydd: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Coety: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Beaupre Castle: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Castle: Cath Mudford, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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