Mettingham Castle
Look for Mettingham Castle 1 km east of Bungay. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument. Close by, Bungay Castle is 2.6 km away, one of 17 within 15 km.
Castle near Bungay
Just outside Bungay
Mettingham Castle is 1 km east of Bungay. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Bungay has 185 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
In Bungay the warm season is May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.
Mettingham Castle
Articles on it exist in 7 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- 1 km east of Bungay
Its place on the map
The map centres on Mettingham Castle, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Mettingham Castle
The largest of the 8 towns is Beccles, with 9,807 people. Each town here links to its own guide.
Bungay
Ditchingham
Earsham
Ellingham and Kirby Cane
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Mettingham Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bungay | 1 km west of it | 5,012 | 5 |
| Ditchingham | 2.5 km northwest of it | 1,997 | 6 |
| Earsham | 3.1 km west of it | 937 | 5 |
| Ellingham and Kirby Cane | 3.7 km north of it | 681 | 5 |
| Geldeston | 4.1 km northeast of it | 408 | 3 |
| Gillingham | 4.9 km northeast of it | 697 | 3 |
| Beccles | 6.8 km east of it | 9,807 | 2 |
| Worlingham | 8.2 km east of it | 3,618 | 3 |
Beyond Mettingham Castle
Around it, within 15 km, lie 17 more, including 4 museums, a castle and a historic house.
CastleBungay Castle2.6 km away2
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum5.1 km away · 40K visitors a year3
Historic house · English HeritageRaveningham Hall8.6 km away4
MuseumEast Anglia Transport Museum15 km away5
MuseumBungay Museum2.7 km away6Park or estatePark or estate · National TrustDarrow Wood (National Trust)9.5 km away7
MuseumBeccles and District Museum6.1 km away8
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt Olave's Priory15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Mettingham Castle
Where is Mettingham Castle?
Mettingham Castle is 1 km east of Bungay, Suffolk.
What is Mettingham Castle?
Castle in Mettingham, Waveney, Suffolk, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Mettingham Castle?
May to September are the warmest months in Bungay, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Mettingham Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Mettingham Castle?
Within 15 km: Bungay Castle (2.6 km), Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum (5.1 km), Raveningham Hall (8.6 km) and East Anglia Transport Museum (15 km).
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 (8)
- Mettingham Castle: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raveningham Hall: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- East Anglia Transport Museum: Spsmiler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Museum: Glen Denny, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beccles and District Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Olave's Priory: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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