From Soham, 4.4 km to Wicken Fen
Nothing on our list is inside Soham’s built-up area; the 3 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are a park or estate, a zoo and a museum. In heritage care, one place on the list is looked after by the National Trust. Travel 8.5 km and you reach Ely Cathedral.
The first to see around Soham
Following Wicken Fen are a zoo and a museum.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The layout
Leave town to the southwest for most of the 3 nearby.
The dashed line is Soham’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kind by kind
The places here are a park or estate, a zoo and a museum.
Green: inside Soham. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Wicken Fen).
All the places to visit
These 3 are within 5 km of its edge, none in town.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
43 listed buildings are on Soham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Soham →
Further out, the best known
Head 8.5 km out for Ely Cathedral, the best known of 12.
CathedralEly Cathedral8.5 km northwestMuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum21 km southwest · 364K visitors a year
MuseumIWM Duxford30 km southwest · 401K visitors a year (2019)
MuseumMuseum of Zoology21 km southwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral28 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageDenny Abbey and Farmland Museum11 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall32 km northeast · 106K visitors a year
Abbey or priory · National TrustAnglesey Abbey13 km southwest
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden21 km southwest
CastleCambridge Castle20 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle24 km northeast
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House36 km southPlaces well known beyond Soham (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.
Seeing Soham: your questions
What is there to see near Soham?
No attraction is mapped inside Soham itself. Within 5 km of it are Wicken Fen, South Angle Farm Park and 1930s fen dwelling.
Does Soham have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Soham: 1930s fen dwelling.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Soham?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Soham, 1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Wicken Fen).
What are the best-known days out near Soham?
Within 40 km: Ely Cathedral (8.5 km), Fitzwilliam Museum (21 km), IWM Duxford (30 km), Museum of Zoology (21 km).
Where are Soham’s historic buildings listed?
Soham has 43 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 Soham 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
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Abbey: Wehha, 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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