Seeing Ilkley? Begin at Ilkley Toy Museum
We list 3 places to visit inside Ilkley’s built-up area and 3 within 5 km of its edge. Look for 4 attractions and 2 museums. Walking distance covers 4 of them, all within 1 km of the middle. Make a day of it at Fountains Abbey, 26 km away.
Where to start in Ilkley
After Ilkley Toy Museum, look out for 4 attractions and a museum.
MuseumIlkley Toy Museumin town
MuseumManor House Art Gallery and Museumin townAttractionAttractionPanorama Stonesin townAttractionAttractionDoubler Stones2.9 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionCow and Calf100 m outside town, to the southeastAttractionAttractionWhite Wells300 m outside town, to the southEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Around Ilkley, mapped
Out at 4.9 km is Doubler Stones, the farthest.
The dashed line is Ilkley’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What is on offer
4 are other attractions; museums or galleries come next with 2.
Green: inside Ilkley. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
The town has 3; within 5 km of its edge, the list finds 3 more.
Manor House Art Gallery and Museum
Heritage centre, historic house museum, contemporary art gallery, interpretation centre in West Yorkshire, England.
The 3 inside Ilkley 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.
56 listed buildings and 5 scheduled monuments are on Ilkley’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ilkley →
Around the region
The pick of the 12 is Fountains Abbey, 26 km off.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey26 km northeast
Garden · National TrustStudley Royal Park27 km northeast
MuseumNational Science and Media Museum16 km south · 442K visitors a year (2015)
Historic houseHarewood House19 km east
CastleSkipton Castle14 km west
CathedralBradford Cathedral15 km south
CastleCliffe Castle8.3 km southwest · 65K visitors a year
Abbey or prioryBolton Abbey7.7 km northwest
Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)18 km southeast
CathedralLeeds Cathedral23 km southeast
MuseumBronte Parsonage Museum14 km southwest
CathedralRipon Cathedral30 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Ilkley (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.
Places to visit in Ilkley: questions
What are the main attractions in Ilkley?
The best known inside Ilkley’s built-up area are Ilkley Toy Museum, Manor House Art Gallery and Museum and Panorama Stones. In all, 3 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.
Does Ilkley have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Ilkley: Ilkley Toy Museum and Manor House Art Gallery and Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Ilkley?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Fountains Abbey (English Heritage), 26 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Ilkley?
Within 40 km: Fountains Abbey (26 km), Studley Royal Park (27 km), National Science and Media Museum (16 km), Harewood House (19 km).
Where are Ilkley’s historic buildings listed?
Ilkley has 56 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 Ilkley 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 (14)
- Ilkley Toy Museum: Linda Spashett Storye book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manor House Art Gallery and Museum: Linda Spashett Storye book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fountains Abbey: User:Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Studley Royal Park: silver_doctor. Iain Gilmour - www.silverexpressions.co.uk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Science and Media Museum: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Skipton Castle: Davegill70, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bradford Cathedral: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliffe Castle: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bolton Abbey: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bronte Parsonage Museum: SpaceMonkey at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ripon Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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