What is near Royal Sutton Coldfield: Aston Hall first
There is no place to visit inside Royal Sutton Coldfield’s built-up area; there are 6 within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 3 museums, a historic house and a zoo. Further out, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery is 11 km away.
Just outside Royal Sutton Coldfield, the best known
Alongside Aston Hall you find 2 museums, a historic house and a zoo.
MuseumAston Hall4.5 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric houseHistoric houseMoxhull Hall900 m outside town, to the east
MuseumMiddleton Hall3.8 km outside town, to the east
MuseumAston Manor Transport Museum4.5 km outside town, to the northwestZooZooOak Tree Children's Farm3.2 km outside town, to the northwestRuinsRuinsBooth's Farm farmhouse2.4 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.
Mapped
Furthest out is Aston Manor Transport Museum, at 8.3 km.
The dashed line is Royal Sutton Coldfield’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The kinds on offer
Most are museums or galleries, 3 in all, ahead of castles or historic places (2).
Green: inside Royal Sutton Coldfield. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 6 places.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
103 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Royal Sutton Coldfield’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Royal Sutton Coldfield →
Further afield
Top of the 12 day trips: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, at 11 km.
Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery11 km southwest · 856K visitors a year
CathedralLichfield Cathedral13 km north
CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral11 km southwest
CathedralCoventry Cathedral Church of St Michael28 km southeast
CastleWarwick Castle36 km southeast
CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral10 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageKenilworth Castle29 km southeast
MuseumNational Motorcycle Museum16 km southeast · 250K visitors a year
MuseumSoho House Museum9.7 km southwest
MuseumHerbert Art Gallery & Museum28 km southeast · 300K visitors a year (2010)
MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum10 km southwest
MuseumWolverhampton Art Gallery20 km west · 159K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Royal Sutton Coldfield (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 Royal Sutton Coldfield
What is there to see near Royal Sutton Coldfield?
No attraction is mapped inside Royal Sutton Coldfield itself. Within 5 km of it are Aston Hall, Moxhull Hall, Middleton Hall and Aston Manor Transport Museum.
Does Royal Sutton Coldfield have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Royal Sutton Coldfield: Aston Hall, Middleton Hall and Aston Manor Transport Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Royal Sutton Coldfield?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kenilworth Castle (English Heritage), 29 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Royal Sutton Coldfield?
Within 40 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (11 km), Lichfield Cathedral (13 km), St Philip's Cathedral (11 km), Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael (28 km).
Where are Royal Sutton Coldfield’s historic buildings listed?
Royal Sutton Coldfield has 103 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 Royal Sutton Coldfield 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)
- Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Middleton Hall: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aston Manor Transport Museum: Martin Fisher, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lichfield Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warwick Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenilworth Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Motorcycle Museum: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Art Gallery & Museum: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery: Æthelred, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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