Haverhill Arts Centre and more near Steeple Bumpstead
The best-known day out from Steeple Bumpstead is Fitzwilliam Museum, 28 km away. With nothing inside Steeple Bumpstead’s built-up area, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its edge. Look for an art gallery and a museum.
The best known around Steeple Bumpstead
Next to Haverhill Arts Centre, the best known is 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.
Finding your way
At the edge of the map sits Haverhill Arts Centre, 4.1 km out.
The dashed line is Steeple Bumpstead’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
Both are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Steeple Bumpstead. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
These 2 are all within 5 km of its edge.
Haverhill and District Local History Centre
Museum in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, UK.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
26 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Steeple Bumpstead’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Steeple Bumpstead →
Day trips from Steeple Bumpstead
Out of town, Fitzwilliam Museum (28 km) leads 12 names to know.
MuseumIWM Duxford22 km west · 401K visitors a year (2019)
CastleHedingham Castle12 km southeast
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House16 km west
CastleSaffron Walden Castle14 km west
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral29 km northeast
CathedralChelmsford Cathedral34 km south
CastleClare Castle10 km east
MuseumMuseum of Zoology28 km northwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
CastleColchester Castle36 km southeast
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden27 km northwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey29 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Steeple Bumpstead (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.
Practical questions about Steeple Bumpstead
What is there to see near Steeple Bumpstead?
No attraction is mapped inside Steeple Bumpstead itself. Within 5 km of it are Haverhill Arts Centre and Haverhill and District Local History Centre.
Does Steeple Bumpstead have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Steeple Bumpstead: Haverhill Arts Centre and Haverhill and District Local History Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Steeple Bumpstead?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Audley End House (English Heritage), 16 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Steeple Bumpstead?
Within 40 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (28 km), IWM Duxford (22 km), Hedingham Castle (12 km), Audley End House (16 km).
Where are Steeple Bumpstead’s historic buildings listed?
Steeple Bumpstead has 26 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 Steeple Bumpstead 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)
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, 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
- Clare Castle: Evelyn Simak, https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14840, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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