Vickers Viscount
One of the places to visit in Heathfield is Vickers Viscount, a historic site. There are 17 other places to visit inside 5 km. Add IWM Duxford, 100 m away, to a visit.
Historic site in Heathfield
Inside Heathfield
Vickers Viscount is inside Heathfield’s built-up area, with 17 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.
Warm months and wet ones
For warmth, aim for May to September (18–23°C highs in Heathfield).
Vickers Viscount
Historic site.
In Heathfield, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Historic site
- Town
- in Heathfield
Getting to Vickers Viscount
The map puts Vickers Viscount in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Heathfield’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which towns are near Vickers Viscount
Home to 7,270 people, Sawston is the largest of these 8. The list runs from its own town outward.
Heathfield
Duxford
Whittlesford
Thriplow
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Vickers Viscount is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathfield | It’s in town | 668 | 18 |
| Duxford | 1.5 km east of it | 2,216 | 18 |
| Whittlesford | 1.8 km northeast of it | 1,608 | 18 |
| Thriplow | 2 km west of it | 462 | 18 |
| Sawston | 3.2 km northeast of it | 7,270 | 18 |
| Fowlmere | 3.3 km west of it | 1,295 | 17 |
| Hinxton | 3.3 km east of it | 330 | 18 |
| Ickleton | 3.7 km southeast of it | 748 | 17 |
Beyond Vickers Viscount
62 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 castles and a historic house among them.
MuseumIWM Duxford100 m away · 401K visitors a year (2019)2MuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum12 km away · 364K visitors a year3
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House10 km away4
MuseumMuseum of Zoology12 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)5
MuseumAirborne Assault600 m away6
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden11 km away7
CastleSaffron Walden Castle11 km away8
CastleCambridge Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Vickers Viscount
Where is Vickers Viscount?
Vickers Viscount is in Heathfield, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Vickers Viscount?
Historic site.
When is the best time to visit Vickers Viscount?
May to September are the warmest months in Heathfield, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Vickers Viscount?
Within 15 km: IWM Duxford (100 m), Fitzwilliam Museum (12 km), Audley End House (10 km) and Museum of Zoology (12 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 (7)
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Airborne Assault: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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