Wimpole Hall
Wimpole Hall is a grade I listed building. On the map, it sits 2.3 km west of Orwell. Upkeep is seen to by the National Trust.
Castle near Orwell
Just outside Orwell
Wimpole Hall is 2.3 km west of Orwell. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by the National Trust
One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Orwell has 51 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Choosing a month
The warmest afternoons in Orwell run May to September, at 17–23°C.
Wimpole Hall
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 6 languages. Top of the 49 other places within 15 km is Fitzwilliam Museum, 13 km off.
- Type
- Castle
- Run by
- National Trust
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- 2.3 km west of Orwell
- Official site
- nationaltrust.org.uk/wimpole-estate
Where it sits
The orange dot is Wimpole Hall; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
Bassingbourn, with 2,353 people, is the largest of the 8. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Orwell
Great Eversden
Little Eversden
Kingston
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Wimpole Hall is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orwell | 2.3 km east of it | 1,147 | 6 |
| Great Eversden | 3.2 km northeast of it | 232 | 5 |
| Little Eversden | 3.9 km northeast of it | 565 | 5 |
| Kingston | 3.9 km north of it | 245 | 5 |
| Harlton | 4.8 km east of it | 317 | 4 |
| Bassingbourn | 4.9 km south of it | 2,353 | 4 |
| Bourn | 4.9 km north of it | 703 | 4 |
| Toft | 5.8 km northeast of it | 570 | 3 |
Beyond Wimpole Hall
49 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 art galleries and a garden among them.
MuseumIWM Duxford13 km away · 401K visitors a year (2019)3
MuseumMuseum of Zoology14 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)4
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden13 km away5
CastleCambridge Castle14 km away6
Art galleryWysing Arts Centre4.7 km away7
Art galleryKettle's Yard Gallery14 km away8
MuseumWhipple Museum of the History Of Science13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Wimpole Hall
Where is Wimpole Hall?
Wimpole Hall is 2.3 km west of Orwell, Cambridgeshire.
What is Wimpole Hall?
Grade I listed building in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
Who runs Wimpole Hall?
National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Wimpole Hall?
May to September are the warmest months in Orwell, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Wimpole Hall a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near Wimpole Hall?
Within 15 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (13 km), IWM Duxford (13 km), Museum of Zoology (14 km) and Cambridge University Botanic Garden (13 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
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wysing Arts Centre: Jkcm, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kettle's Yard Gallery: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipple Museum of the History Of Science: Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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