Walpole
Walpole is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
Walpole is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Walpole Town, as the Census refers to it, is located approximately 18 miles (29 km) south of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and 30 miles (48 km) north of Providence, Rhode Island. The population of Walpole was 26,383 at the 2020 census. Walpole was first settled in 1659 and was considered a part of Dedham until officially incorporated in 1724. The town was named after Sir Robert Walpole, de facto first prime minister of Great Britain. It also encompasses the entirely distinct entity of Walpole (CDP), with its much smaller area of 2.9 square miles.
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Worth seeing in and around Walpole
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Foxboro Stadium
Foxboro Stadium, originally Schaefer Stadium and later Sullivan Stadium, was an outdoor stadium in the New England region of the United States, located in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It opened in 1971 and served as the home of the New England Patriots of the National Football League for 31 seasons and also as the first home venue for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer from 1996 to 2002.
5.6 km · American football and soccer stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 02Francis William Bird Park
Francis William Bird Park is an 89-acre landscaped and waterscape park located in Walpole, Massachusetts. The Trustees of Reservations owns and maintains the park.
3.3 km · park in Walpole, United States of America · Wikipedia - 03Patriot Place
Patriot Place is an open-air shopping center owned by The Kraft Group built around Gillette Stadium, the home of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution. It is located in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
5.7 km · shopping mall in Massachusetts, U.S · Wikipedia - 04Statue of Tom Brady
The statue of Tom Brady is located in front of the north end of Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States. Inclusive of its granite base, the bronze statue of former National Football League quarterback Tom Brady weighs 12,300 pounds and stands 17 feet tall.
5.7 km · sculpture of Tom Brady in Foxborough, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
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Getting to Walpole
- Airports
- Boston Logan (BOS), 32 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 49 km · Bradley (BDL), 121 km
- Stations
- Walpole station, 800 m · Plimptonville station, 2.2 km · Windsor Gardens station, 4.2 km · Foxboro station, 5.3 km
- Providence/Warwick → Walpole52 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · $5–7
- Hartford → Walpole126 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · $12–17
- Portland → Walpole3942 km · quickest by air, 15h 34m · $650–960
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No local-transport research exists yet for Walpole
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Walpole. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Walpole
Walpole is 27 km from South Boston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sullivan's Corner Historic Districthistoric district in Massachusetts, United States5.5 km