
Things to do in Newtown Forbes
Find places that fit your time and your plans. 15 of them are in Newtown Forbes itself and 22 more within twelve kilometres, because the castle outside the village is usually the reason to go to the village.
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- WoodsCastleforbes Demesne1.1 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- CastlesCastleforbes1.1 km from the centreSome of it indoors · About 45 min
- WoodsCastleforbes Demesne1.2 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsDeerpark1.4 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsDeerpark1.6 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsDerreen1.9 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsSallow Island2.6 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsAnnagh Wood2.7 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsGubroe Wood2.8 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsFairy Island2.8 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsGubroe Wood3.0 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsCorlehan Wood3.2 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- LakesLough Forbes3.3 km from the centreOutdoors · About 30 min
- WoodsCorlehan Wood3.4 km from the centreOutdoors · About 40 min
- LakesLoughaun East3.6 km from the centreOutdoors · About 30 min
- Historic churchesSt. Barrys Church4.3 km west of Newtown ForbesSome of it indoors
- ParksAlbert Reynolds Peace Park4.7 km south-east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 30 min
- MonumentsFirst World War Memorial5.1 km south-east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsWar of Independence Memorial5.2 km south-east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 15 min
- LakesRoyal Canal6.3 km south-west of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 30 min
- Ruins45th Lock Keeper's House6.6 km south-west of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 20 min
- ParksMill Race Park7.8 km north-east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 30 min
- RuinsEsker School8.7 km east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 20 min
- HillsCorn Hill9 km north-east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors
- Ringforts and sitesDermot & Grania's Bed9.7 km north-east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 20 min
- Nature reservesNative Woodland Trust: Farnaght Reserve11 km north of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 45 min
- LakesLough Acrick11.3 km north-west of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 30 min
- Ringforts and sitesLF014-102---- : Ringfort - rath : CLOONAHARD11.5 km south-east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 20 min
- WoodsDerrinch Island11.5 km north of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 40 min
- MuseumsCavan & Leitrim Railway11.6 km north-west of Newtown ForbesIndoors · About 1 hr
- Ringforts and sitesLF014-104---- : Ringfort - rath : OLDTOWN11.6 km south-east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesGubagraffy Lough11.6 km north of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesGurteen Lough11.8 km east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesDrumshanbo Lough11.8 km north of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesDrumbad Lake11.8 km north of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 30 min
- FortsRingFort12 km north-east of Newtown ForbesOutdoors · About 40 min
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Two hours in Newtown Forbes: the 3 things the map records worth stopping at, in the order that walks them shortest.
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While you are there
6 places to eat and 0 places to stay on the map in Newtown Forbes, and 3 bus and train lines calling here.
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Places are OpenStreetMap records and each links to the one it came from. Indoors, outdoors and with kids are worked out from what kind of place a thing is, not from tags on it, because the tags exist on almost none of them. Visit lengths are a default for each kind. Distances are straight lines from the centre of Newtown Forbes.