Visit Linton Zoo in Linton
The built-up area itself has one place on our list; 2 others are within 5 km of its edge. They include a zoo, a museum and an attraction. Set 16 km out, Fitzwilliam Museum makes a day trip.
The names to know in Linton
The rest of the best known are a museum and an attraction.
MuseumAshdon Village Museum4.7 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionChilford Hall Vineyard and Conference Centre1.6 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
The farthest of them, Ashdon Village Museum, is 5.5 km out.
The dashed line is Linton’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Grouped by kind
The list holds a zoo, a museum and an attraction.
Green: inside Linton. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
3 places in all: one in town and 2 within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Linton comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
116 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Linton’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Linton →
Further afield: the best known within 40 km
Head 16 km out for Fitzwilliam Museum, the best known of 12.
MuseumIWM Duxford11 km west · 401K visitors a year (2019)
CathedralEly Cathedral33 km north
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House9.8 km southwest
MuseumMuseum of Zoology16 km northwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
CastleSaffron Walden Castle8.7 km south
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden15 km northwest
CastleHedingham Castle25 km southeast
CastleCambridge Castle17 km northwest
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral34 km northeast
Abbey or priory · National TrustAnglesey Abbey16 km north
Art galleryKettle's Yard Gallery17 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Linton (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 Linton
What are the main attractions in Linton?
The place to visit inside Linton’s built-up area is Linton Zoo. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 2 more within 5 km.
Does Linton have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Linton: Ashdon Village Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Linton?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Audley End House (English Heritage), 9.8 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Linton?
Within 40 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (16 km), IWM Duxford (11 km), Ely Cathedral (33 km), Audley End House (9.8 km).
Where are Linton’s historic buildings listed?
Linton has 116 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 Linton 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)
- Ashdon Village Museum: Colin Bell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ely Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Abbey: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kettle's Yard Gallery: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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