What is near Broadley Common: Harlow Town Park first
Nothing is mapped inside Broadley Common’s built-up area, but 3 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are a garden, a castle and a museum. British Museum is worth a day, 28 km from the centre.
Top of the list around Broadley Common
Harlow Town Park aside, the next best known are a castle and a museum.
GardenHarlow Town Park4.1 km outside town, to the northeast
CastleRye House Gatehouse4.2 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumLowewood Museum4.7 km outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Finding your way
Lowewood Museum, 5.1 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is Broadley Common’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Which kinds
Between them they are a garden, a castle and a museum.
Green: inside Broadley Common. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 3 places listed.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
10 listed buildings are on Broadley Common’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Broadley Common →
Further out, the best known
Worth the drive, British Museum (28 km) is first of the 12.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum28 km southwest · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)
Big drawCastleTower of London28 km south · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)
Historic houseBuckingham Palace31 km southwest
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey30 km southwest
AttractionElizabeth Tower30 km southwest
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery30 km southwest · 709K visitors a year (2021)
AttractionLondon Eye30 km southwest
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral28 km southwest
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern29 km southwest · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)
MuseumMadame Tussauds29 km southwest
Big drawMuseumVictoria and Albert Museum32 km southwest · 858K visitors a year (2021)
Big drawMuseumNatural History Museum32 km southwest · 1.6M visitors a year (2021)Places well known beyond Broadley Common (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.
Visiting Broadley Common: the answers
What is there to see near Broadley Common?
No attraction is mapped inside Broadley Common itself. Within 5 km of it are Harlow Town Park, Rye House Gatehouse and Lowewood Museum.
Does Broadley Common have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Broadley Common: Lowewood Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Broadley Common?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Westminster Abbey (English Heritage), 30 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Broadley Common?
Within 40 km: British Museum (28 km), Tower of London (28 km), Buckingham Palace (31 km), Westminster Abbey (30 km).
Where are Broadley Common’s historic buildings listed?
Broadley Common has 10 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 Broadley Common 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 (15)
- Harlow Town Park: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rye House Gatehouse: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowewood Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madame Tussauds: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria and Albert Museum: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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