Seeing Dunster? Begin at Dunster Castle
6 places to visit stand within 1 km of the middle of Dunster. Another 3 are within 5 km of its edge. Look for 4 attractions, 3 museums and a historic house. In heritage care, 2 places on the list are looked after by the National Trust. Travel 39 km and you reach National Museum Cardiff.
Top of the list in Dunster
Then come 3 attractions, a museum and a garden, behind Dunster Castle.
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castlein townMuseumMuseumDunster Doll Museumin townGardenGarden · National TrustDream Garden (NT)in townAttractionAttractionDovecotein townAttractionAttractionGallox Bridgein townAttractionAttractionYarn Marketin townEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
The outermost point is Gauge Museum Blue Anchor, at 3.2 km.
The dashed line is Dunster’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
Ahead are other attractions (4); next, museums or galleries (3).
Green: inside Dunster. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
2 places are cared for by the National Trust (Dunster Castle and Dream Garden (NT)).
Every entry
In town there are 6, and the list adds 3 more within 5 km of its edge.
The 6 inside Dunster 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.
106 listed buildings and 7 scheduled monuments are on Dunster’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Dunster →
Bigger names, a drive away
Top of the 12 day trips: National Museum Cardiff, at 39 km.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff39 km northeast · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle38 km northeast
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCleeve Abbey6.5 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageDaw's Castle7.4 km east
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral38 km northeast
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre36 km north · 610K visitors a year
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral38 km northeast
Castle · CadwOgmore Castle35 km north
CastleSt Donats Castle25 km north
Castle · CadwY Castell Newydd37 km north
ZooTropiquaria7.4 km east
Castle · CadwCastell Coety38 km northPlaces well known beyond Dunster (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 people ask about Dunster
What are the main attractions in Dunster?
The best known inside Dunster’s built-up area are Dunster Castle, Dunster Doll Museum, Dream Garden (NT) and Dovecote. In all, 6 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.
Does Dunster have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Dunster: Dunster Doll Museum, Gauge Museum Blue Anchor and Minehead Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Dunster?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Dunster, 2 places are cared for by the National Trust (Dunster Castle and Dream Garden (NT)).
What are the best-known days out near Dunster?
Within 40 km: National Museum Cardiff (39 km), Cardiff Castle (38 km), Cleeve Abbey (6.5 km), Daw's Castle (7.4 km).
Where are Dunster’s historic buildings listed?
Dunster has 106 listed buildings, 3 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 Dunster 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)
- Dunster Castle: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleeve Abbey: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daw's Castle: Simon Cobb, CC0, 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
- Y Castell Newydd: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tropiquaria: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Coety: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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