What is near Fordham: Burwell Museum first
A day out from Fordham leads to Ely Cathedral, 13 km away. The built-up area has no place on our list of its own; 2 are within 5 km of its edge. There are a museum and a zoo to choose from.
Where to start near Fordham
Next to Burwell Museum, the best known is a zoo.
MuseumBurwell Museum5 km outside town, to the southwestZooZooSouth Angle Farm Park3.9 km outside town, to the northwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Plotted on the map
Furthest out is Burwell Museum, at 5.9 km.
The dashed line is Fordham’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 kinds on offer
The list holds a museum and a zoo.
Green: inside Fordham. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The full list
Here are the 2 places within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
23 listed buildings are on Fordham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Fordham →
Further away
Most famous of the 12 is Ely Cathedral, 13 km from the centre.
CathedralEly Cathedral13 km northwestMuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum22 km southwest · 364K visitors a year
MuseumIWM Duxford30 km southwest · 401K visitors a year (2019)
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral24 km east
MuseumMuseum of Zoology22 km southwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall32 km north · 106K visitors a year
Abbey or priory · National TrustAnglesey Abbey13 km southwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageDenny Abbey and Farmland Museum14 km west
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden22 km southwest
CastleCambridge Castle22 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle24 km northeast
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House34 km southPlaces well known beyond Fordham (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.
Before a day out in Fordham
What is there to see near Fordham?
No attraction is mapped inside Fordham itself. Within 5 km of it are Burwell Museum and South Angle Farm Park.
Does Fordham have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Fordham: Burwell Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Fordham?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), 32 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Fordham?
Within 40 km: Ely Cathedral (13 km), Fitzwilliam Museum (22 km), IWM Duxford (30 km), St Edmundsbury Cathedral (24 km).
Where are Fordham’s historic buildings listed?
Fordham has 23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. 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 Fordham 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 (12)
- Burwell Museum: Senra, John McCullough, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ely Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Abbey: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum: Rob enwiki, 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
- Weeting Castle: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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