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Wymondham Bridewell

Wymondham counts Wymondham Bridewell, a museum, among its places to visit. Add any of 3 more places within 5 km to a visit. It is on the official list as a Grade II listed building.

Where

In Wymondham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–23°C

In brief

Museum in Wymondham

Inside Wymondham

Wymondham Bridewell is inside Wymondham’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Wymondham has 145 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

In Wymondham the warm season is June to September, with highs of 19–23°C.

Jan7° / 2°56 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar10° / 3°48 mm

Apr14° / 4°40 mm

May17° / 7°47 mm

Jun20° / 10°64 mm

Jul22° / 12°58 mm

Aug23° / 12°64 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct15° / 7°69 mm

Nov10° / 4°69 mm

Dec7° / 2°63 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Wymondham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Wymondham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Wymondham’s full climate →

About

Wymondham Bridewell

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages. Further out, Norwich Cathedral is 14 km away.

Wymondham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Wymondham
Official site: wymondhamheritagemuseum.co.uk/?p=the.bridewell

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Wymondham Bridewell on the map

Use the numbers to match each place near Wymondham Bridewell with the list.

Towns near it

Towns around Wymondham Bridewell, by distance

By population, Wymondham leads the 6 with 16,334. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Wymondham

16,334 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km west of it

Wicklewood

744 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 4.1 km southeast of it

Wreningham

304 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km northeast of it

Hethersett

7,018 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Wymondham Bridewell is	People	Places to visit
Wymondham	It’s in town	16,334	4
Wicklewood	3.3 km west of it	744	5
Wreningham	4.1 km southeast of it	304	5
Hethersett	4.3 km northeast of it	7,018	6
Ashwellthorpe	4.3 km southeast of it	547	6
Morley St Botolph	4.4 km southwest of it	678	5

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Close to Wymondham Bridewell

24 more lie within 15 km, 2 cathedrals, 2 museums and an abbey or priory among them.

CathedralNorwich Cathedral14 km away 2

Abbey or prioryWymondham Abbey600 m away 3

CastleNorwich Castle Museum14 km away 4

CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral13 km away 5

Art galleryThe Sainsbury Centre9.8 km away 6

MuseumStrangers' Hall14 km away 7MuseumMuseumNorfolk Tank Museum10 km away 8

Heritage railwayMid-Norfolk Railway8.7 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Wymondham Bridewell: what to know

Where is Wymondham Bridewell?

Wymondham Bridewell is in Wymondham, Norfolk, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Wymondham Bridewell?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Wymondham Bridewell?

June to September are the warmest months in Wymondham, with afternoon highs of 19–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Wymondham Bridewell a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Wymondham Bridewell?

Within 15 km: Norwich Cathedral (14 km), Wymondham Abbey (600 m), Norwich Castle Museum (14 km) and St John the Baptist Cathedral (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)

Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wymondham Abbey: Abbeygarth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Sainsbury Centre: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Strangers' Hall: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mid-Norfolk Railway: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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