Near Ridgewell: Clare Castle and other places to visit
Our list finds nothing inside Ridgewell’s built-up area, but 4 places within 5 km of its edge. Look for 2 museums, a castle and an art gallery. For a full day, there is Hedingham Castle, 7.3 km away.
The first to see around Ridgewell
Beyond Clare Castle, there are 2 museums and an art gallery.
CastleClare Castle4.9 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumThe Ancient House Museum5 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumRidgewell Airfield Museum1.4 km outside town, to the southeastArt galleryArt galleryTelephone Kiosk4.9 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where they are
Leave town to the northeast for most of the 4 nearby.
The dashed line is Ridgewell’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 sort of places
The biggest group is museums or galleries, with 3 of the 4.
Green: inside Ridgewell. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 4 places in all.
The Ancient House Museum
Medieval timber-framed building and museum in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
27 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on Ridgewell’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ridgewell →
Big names nearby
Hedingham Castle, 7.3 km away, is the best known of the 12.
CastleHedingham Castle7.3 km southeastMuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum33 km northwest · 364K visitors a year
MuseumIWM Duxford28 km west · 401K visitors a year (2019)
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral26 km northeast
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House21 km west
CastleColchester Castle31 km southeast
CathedralChelmsford Cathedral34 km south
CastleSaffron Walden Castle20 km west
MuseumMuseum of Zoology33 km northwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
MuseumColne Valley Railway6.1 km southeast
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey26 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustIckworth House22 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Ridgewell (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.
Your questions on Ridgewell
What is there to see near Ridgewell?
No attraction is mapped inside Ridgewell itself. Within 5 km of it are Clare Castle, The Ancient House Museum, Ridgewell Airfield Museum and Telephone Kiosk.
Does Ridgewell have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Ridgewell: The Ancient House Museum, Ridgewell Airfield Museum and Telephone Kiosk.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Ridgewell?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Audley End House (English Heritage), 21 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Ridgewell?
Within 40 km: Hedingham Castle (7.3 km), Fitzwilliam Museum (33 km), IWM Duxford (28 km), St Edmundsbury Cathedral (26 km).
Where are Ridgewell’s historic buildings listed?
Ridgewell has 27 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 Ridgewell 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 (13)
- Clare Castle: Evelyn Simak, https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14840, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Ancient House Museum: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chelmsford Cathedral: The original uploader was Petepetepete at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Colne Valley Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ickworth House: Squeezyboy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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