The nearest draw to Brushford: Bampton Castle, 4.8 km away
Our list finds nothing inside Brushford’s built-up area, but 4 places within 5 km of its edge. Look for a castle, a fort and an attraction. For a longer trip, Exeter Cathedral lies 33 km away.
Where to start near Brushford
Bampton Castle aside, the next best known are a fort, an attraction and a museum.
CastleBampton Castle4.3 km outside town, to the southeastFortFortMounsey Castle4.9 km outside town, to the northwestAttractionAttractionBampton Heritage & Visitor Centre4.4 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumDulverton Heritage Centre2.1 km outside town, to the northwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
Just outside town, most of the 4 sit to the southeast.
The dashed line is Brushford’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
It comes down to a castle, a fort and an attraction.
Green: inside Brushford. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place, in and near Brushford
Here are the 4 places within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
1 listed building is on Brushford’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Brushford →
Within a day
Start with Exeter Cathedral, 33 km off, the best known of 12.
CathedralExeter Cathedral33 km south
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle19 km north
Historic house · National TrustKnightshayes11 km south
CastleTiverton Castle13 km south
MuseumRoyal Albert Memorial Museum33 km south · 340K visitors a year (2012)
CastleAffeton Castle21 km southwest
CastleBickleigh Castle19 km south
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCleeve Abbey19 km northeast
CastleTaunton Castle30 km east
CastleRougemont Castle33 km south
Castle · English HeritageDaw's Castle22 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustKillerton House26 km southPlaces well known beyond Brushford (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.
Seeing Brushford: questions
What is there to see near Brushford?
No attraction is mapped inside Brushford itself. Within 5 km of it are Bampton Castle, Mounsey Castle, Bampton Heritage & Visitor Centre and Dulverton Heritage Centre.
Does Brushford have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Brushford: Dulverton Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Brushford?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dunster Castle (National Trust), 19 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Brushford?
Within 40 km: Exeter Cathedral (33 km), Dunster Castle (19 km), Knightshayes (11 km), Tiverton Castle (13 km).
Where are Brushford’s historic buildings listed?
Brushford has 1 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. 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 Brushford 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 (13)
- Bampton Castle: (Lobsterthermidor 11:57, 4 July 2014 (UTC)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Exeter Cathedral: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunster Castle: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Knightshayes: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiverton Castle: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Affeton Castle: Tony Dunlop, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bickleigh Castle: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleeve Abbey: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taunton Castle: Rodw, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rougemont Castle: Rougemont_Castle_gatehouse,_2010.jpg: Juan J. Martínez from Exeter, UK derivative work: Nev1, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daw's Castle: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Killerton House: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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