Beth Chatto Gardens and more near Frating Green
The built-up area has no place on our list of its own; 3 are within 5 km of its edge. On the list: a garden, a theme park and an attraction, among others. Allow a day for Colchester Castle, 9.5 km off.
Top of the list around Frating Green
A theme park and an attraction follow Beth Chatto Gardens.
GardenBeth Chatto Gardens1.9 km outside town, to the westTheme parkTheme parkWyvernwood2.9 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttractionThorrington Tide Mill3.7 km outside town, to the southEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map view
Furthest out is Thorrington Tide Mill, at 4.1 km.
The dashed line is Frating Green’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What kind of places
The list holds a garden, a theme park and an attraction.
Green: inside Frating Green. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
Its 3 places all lie within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
4 listed buildings are on Frating Green’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Frating Green →
A little further out
Colchester Castle, 9.5 km away, is the best known of the 12.
CastleColchester Castle9.5 km west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. Botolph's Priory9.3 km west
ZooColchester Zoo14 km west
FortBalkerne Gate10 km west
CastleHedingham Castle33 km northwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. John's Abbey Gatehouse9.5 km west
Art galleryFirstsite9.3 km west
MuseumThe Munnings Art Museum9.3 km north
Historic housePalace of Beaulieu38 km westFortFortHM Fort Roughs31 km east
PierClacton Pier13 km southeast
Historic houseLayer Marney Tower17 km westPlaces well known beyond Frating Green (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.
Quick answers on Frating Green
What is there to see near Frating Green?
No attraction is mapped inside Frating Green itself. Within 5 km of it are Beth Chatto Gardens, Wyvernwood and Thorrington Tide Mill.
Does Frating Green have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Frating Green.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Frating Green?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is St. Botolph's Priory (English Heritage), 9.3 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Frating Green?
Within 40 km: Colchester Castle (9.5 km), St. Botolph's Priory (9.3 km), Colchester Zoo (14 km), Balkerne Gate (10 km).
Where are Frating Green’s historic buildings listed?
Frating Green has 4 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 Frating Green 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)
- Beth Chatto Gardens: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Botolph's Priory: Maria, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Zoo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Balkerne Gate: Tanya2501, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St. John's Abbey Gatehouse: Saltmarsh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Firstsite: Alexis Ip, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Munnings Art Museum: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palace of Beaulieu: Amaibrown, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clacton Pier: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Layer Marney Tower: Poliphilo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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