A museum to see in Ashdon: Ashdon Village Museum
The best-known day out from Ashdon is Fitzwilliam Museum, 21 km away. There is one place to visit inside Ashdon’s built-up area, plus one within 5 km of its edge. Among them are a museum and a zoo.
Leading places in Ashdon
Following Ashdon Village Museum is a zoo.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to find them
Furthest from the centre is Linton Zoo, 4.8 km away.
The dashed line is Ashdon’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
A breakdown by kind
The places here are a museum and a zoo.
Green: inside Ashdon. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
First the one in town, then another within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Ashdon comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
30 listed buildings are on Ashdon’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ashdon →
The wider area
Fitzwilliam Museum, at 21 km, heads the 12.
MuseumIWM Duxford13 km west · 401K visitors a year (2019)
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House7.6 km southwest
CathedralEly Cathedral38 km north
CastleSaffron Walden Castle6.1 km southwest
MuseumMuseum of Zoology21 km northwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
CastleHedingham Castle21 km east
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden20 km northwest
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral34 km northeast
CathedralChelmsford Cathedral38 km south
CastleCambridge Castle22 km northwest
CastleClavering Castle16 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Ashdon (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 people ask about Ashdon
What are the main attractions in Ashdon?
The place to visit inside Ashdon’s built-up area is Ashdon Village Museum. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Ashdon have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Ashdon: Ashdon Village Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Ashdon?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Audley End House (English Heritage), 7.6 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Ashdon?
Within 40 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (21 km), IWM Duxford (13 km), Audley End House (7.6 km), Ely Cathedral (38 km).
Where are Ashdon’s historic buildings listed?
Ashdon has 30 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 Ashdon 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
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ely Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chelmsford Cathedral: The original uploader was Petepetepete at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clavering Castle: Libby norman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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