From Butlins Minehead on: Minehead’s list
Minehead and its surroundings hold 5 attractions, 4 museums and 2 historic houses. Mapped inside Minehead’s built-up area are 2 places to visit, and within 5 km of its edge another 10. 2 of them are cared for by the National Trust. The best-known trip out is to National Museum Cardiff, 38 km away.
Top of the list in Minehead
Following Butlins Minehead are 3 museums and 2 historic houses.
Historic house · National TrustDunster Castle1.5 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseHolnicote Estate4 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumDunster Doll Museum1.3 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumWest Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School4.7 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.
Plotted on the map
Close by, the 10 mostly lie to the southeast.
The dashed line is Minehead’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Sorted by kind
Ahead are other attractions (5); next, museums or galleries (4).
Green: inside Minehead. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
2 places are cared for by the National Trust (Dunster Castle and Dream Garden (NT)).
All of it
First the 2 in town, then the 10 within 5 km of its edge.
The 2 inside Minehead 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.
151 listed buildings are on Minehead’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Minehead →
Further away
National Museum Cardiff, at 38 km, heads the 12 day trips.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff38 km northeast · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle37 km northeast
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral37 km northeast
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre35 km northeast · 610K visitors a year
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCleeve Abbey9.3 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageDaw's Castle9.6 km east
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral37 km northeast
CastleSt Donats Castle22 km north
Castle · CadwOgmore Castle32 km north
Castle · CadwY Castell Newydd35 km north
Castle · CadwCastell Coety36 km north
Castle · CadwOld Beaupre Castle26 km northPlaces well known beyond Minehead (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.
Your questions on Minehead
What are the main attractions in Minehead?
The best known inside Minehead’s built-up area are Butlins Minehead and Minehead Museum. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 10 more within 5 km.
Does Minehead have a museum?
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Minehead: Minehead Museum, Dunster Doll Museum, West Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School and Gauge Museum Blue Anchor.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Minehead?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Minehead, 2 places are cared for by the National Trust (Dunster Castle and Dream Garden (NT)).
What are the best-known days out near Minehead?
Within 40 km: National Museum Cardiff (38 km), Cardiff Castle (37 km), Llandaff Cathedral (37 km), St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre (35 km).
Where are Minehead’s historic buildings listed?
Minehead has 151 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 Minehead 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 (15)
- Dunster Castle: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holnicote Estate: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- West Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School: 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
- Cleeve Abbey: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daw's Castle: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Donats Castle: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ogmore Castle: Ewan Topping from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 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
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