4.5 km from Down Field, Wicken Fen leads the list
With nothing inside Down Field’s built-up area, the list has 3 places within 5 km of its edge. They include a park or estate, a zoo and a museum. Our list counts one place looked after by the National Trust. Set 11 km out, Ely Cathedral makes a day trip.
The names to know near Down Field
A zoo and a museum follow Wicken Fen.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
Leave town to the west for most of the 3 nearby.
The dashed line is Down Field’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The mix
The places here are a park or estate, a zoo and a museum.
Green: inside Down Field. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Wicken Fen).
All of it
Here are the 3 places within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
1 listed building is on Down Field’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Down Field →
Day trips from Down Field
Leading the 12 is Ely Cathedral, 11 km away; they include 3 museums and 2 cathedrals.
CathedralEly Cathedral11 km northwestMuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum21 km southwest · 364K visitors a year
MuseumIWM Duxford29 km southwest · 401K visitors a year (2019)
MuseumMuseum of Zoology21 km southwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral26 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageDenny Abbey and Farmland Museum12 km west
Abbey or priory · National TrustAnglesey Abbey12 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall33 km northeast · 106K visitors a year
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden21 km southwest
CastleCambridge Castle20 km southwest
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House35 km south
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle24 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Down Field (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Know before you go to Down Field
What is there to see near Down Field?
No attraction is mapped inside Down Field itself. Within 5 km of it are Wicken Fen, South Angle Farm Park and 1930s fen dwelling.
Does Down Field have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Down Field: 1930s fen dwelling.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Down Field?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Down Field, 1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Wicken Fen).
What are the best-known days out near Down Field?
Within 40 km: Ely Cathedral (11 km), Fitzwilliam Museum (21 km), IWM Duxford (29 km), Museum of Zoology (21 km).
Where are Down Field’s historic buildings listed?
Down Field has 1 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Down Field when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (11)
- Ely Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum: Rob enwiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Abbey: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weeting Castle: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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