Visit Prickwillow Museum in Prickwillow
From Prickwillow, the big name within reach is Ely Cathedral, 6.1 km away. We list one place to visit inside Prickwillow’s built-up area and another within 5 km of its edge.
Prickwillow’s big names
Following Prickwillow Museum is a museum.
MuseumPrickwillow Museumin townMuseumMuseumAdams Heritage Centre4.9 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.
On the map
Adams Heritage Centre, 5.1 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is Prickwillow’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
Both are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Prickwillow. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything to see
The one inside Prickwillow comes first, then one more within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Prickwillow comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
2 listed buildings are on Prickwillow’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Prickwillow →
Further afield: the best known within 40 km
Allow a day for Ely Cathedral, 6.1 km away, the pick of 12.
CathedralEly Cathedral6.1 km westMuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum29 km southwest · 364K visitors a year
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall24 km northeast · 106K visitors a year
MuseumIWM Duxford39 km south · 401K visitors a year (2019)
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral32 km southeast
MuseumMuseum of Zoology28 km southwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle19 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageDenny Abbey and Farmland Museum18 km southwest
MuseumThe Stained Glass Museum6.1 km west
Museum · English HeritageGrimes Grave's Visitor Centre23 km east
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden29 km southwest
Abbey or priory · National TrustAnglesey Abbey21 km southPlaces well known beyond Prickwillow (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.
What visitors ask about Prickwillow
What are the main attractions in Prickwillow?
The place to visit inside Prickwillow’s built-up area is Prickwillow Museum. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Prickwillow have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Prickwillow: Prickwillow Museum and Adams Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Prickwillow?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), 24 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Prickwillow?
Within 40 km: Ely Cathedral (6.1 km), Fitzwilliam Museum (29 km), Oxburgh Hall (24 km), IWM Duxford (39 km).
Where are Prickwillow’s historic buildings listed?
Prickwillow has 2 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 Prickwillow 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)
- Prickwillow Museum: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ely Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, 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
- Weeting Castle: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum: Rob enwiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Stained Glass Museum: Sumit Surai, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grimes Grave's Visitor Centre: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Abbey: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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