The World’s First Internet Bench
In Bury St Edmunds stands The World’s First Internet Bench, an attraction. Our list has 9 more places within 5 km. The first to add nearby is St Edmundsbury Cathedral, at 100 m.
Attraction in Bury St Edmunds
Inside Bury St Edmunds
The World’s First Internet Bench is inside Bury St Edmunds’ built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month
If warmth matters, go May to September: Bury St Edmunds reaches 17–23°C.
The World’s First Internet Bench
Attraction.
In Bury St Edmunds, inside the town’s built-up area.
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The map
The orange dot is The World’s First Internet Bench; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Bury St Edmunds’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which town is nearest
Among the 7, Bury St Edmunds is the biggest, home to 41,279 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Bury St Edmunds
Fornham St Martin
Fornham All Saints
Horringer
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where The World’s First Internet Bench is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bury St Edmunds | It’s in town | 41,279 | 12 |
| Fornham St Martin | 2.6 km north of it | 952 | 10 |
| Fornham All Saints | 3.2 km northwest of it | 801 | 11 |
| Horringer | 3.3 km southwest of it | 763 | 11 |
| Great Barton | 3.5 km northeast of it | 1,848 | 9 |
| Sicklesmere | 3.9 km southeast of it | 848 | 8 |
| Risby | 4.6 km northwest of it | 887 | 14 |
After The World’s First Internet Bench
The 18 places within 15 km include 4 museums, a cathedral and an abbey or priory.
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral100 m away2
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey200 m away3
Historic house · National TrustIckworth House4.9 km away4
MuseumWest Stow Anglo Saxon Village9.2 km away5AttractionAttraction · National TrustThe Ice House4.6 km away6
MuseumMoyse's Hall Museum300 m away7MuseumMuseumGreene King Brewery Visitor Centre400 m away8
MuseumPakenham Water Mill9.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to The World’s First Internet Bench: questions
Where is The World’s First Internet Bench?
The World’s First Internet Bench is in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The World’s First Internet Bench?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit The World’s First Internet Bench?
May to September are the warmest months in Bury St Edmunds, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The World’s First Internet Bench?
Within 15 km: St Edmundsbury Cathedral (100 m), Bury St Edmunds Abbey (200 m), Ickworth House (4.9 km) and West Stow Anglo Saxon Village (9.2 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 (6)
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ickworth House: Squeezyboy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- West Stow Anglo Saxon Village: https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6337 Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moyse's Hall Museum: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pakenham Water Mill: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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