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Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
Attractions in Rugby

Start with Rugby Art Gallery and Museum: the sights of Rugby

Mapped inside Rugby’s built-up area are 2 places to visit, and within 5 km of its edge another 2. The commonest are 3 museums and a historic house. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 2 of them. Day-trippers head 18 km out to Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael.

Photo: Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, G-Man at English Wikipedia (Public domain)
In Rugby
2
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
3
in or near town
Castles & historic places
1
in or near town
Best known

The first to see in Rugby

Close behind Rugby Art Gallery and Museum are 2 museums and a historic house.

MuseumRugby Art Gallery and Museumin townMuseumWebb Ellis Museumin townHistoric houseStanford Hall4 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumCotesbach Educational Trust3.8 km outside town, to the northeast

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Map of the places

Out at 8.8 km is Stanford Hall, the farthest.

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The dashed line is Rugby’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

How the list breaks down

Museums or galleries lead the count with 3 of 4.

Museums & galleries 3 museums2 in town · 1 nearby
Castles & historic places 1 historic house0 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside Rugby. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

Every place to visit

It starts in town with 2 places and goes on to 2 within 5 km of its edge.

The 2 inside Rugby 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.

133 listed buildings and 3 scheduled monuments are on Rugby’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Rugby →

Big names nearby

Trips out

Most famous of the 12 is Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael, 18 km from the centre.

CathedralCoventry Cathedral Church of St Michael18 km westCastleWarwick Castle25 km southwestCastle · English HeritageKenilworth Castle23 km westHistoric houseAlthorp20 km southeastMuseumHerbert Art Gallery & Museum18 km west · 300K visitors a year (2010)CathedralLeicester Cathedral30 km northCastleCaludon Castle14 km westHistoric houseCoombe Abbey11 km northwestCastleBrinklow Castle8.1 km northwestCathedralNorthampton Cathedral28 km southeastCastleBrandon Castle10 km westMuseumNational Motorcycle Museum32 km west · 250K visitors a year

Places well known beyond Rugby (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 Rugby

What are the main attractions in Rugby?

The best known inside Rugby’s built-up area are Rugby Art Gallery and Museum and Webb Ellis Museum. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 2 more within 5 km.

Does Rugby have a museum?

3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Rugby: Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Webb Ellis Museum and Cotesbach Educational Trust.

Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Rugby?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kenilworth Castle (English Heritage), 23 km west.

What are the best-known days out near Rugby?

Within 40 km: Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael (18 km), Warwick Castle (25 km), Kenilworth Castle (23 km), Althorp (20 km).

Where are Rugby’s historic buildings listed?

Rugby has 133 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 Rugby 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)

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