Nothing mapped in Sturmer itself; Haverhill Arts Centre is the nearest draw
The best-known day out from Sturmer is Fitzwilliam Museum, 28 km away. No place to visit is mapped inside Sturmer’s built-up area; 2 are within 5 km of its edge. On the list: an art gallery and a museum, among others.
Leading the list near Sturmer
Haverhill Arts Centre aside, the next 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.
How they lie
The farthest of them, Haverhill and District Local History Centre, is 2.6 km out.
The dashed line is Sturmer’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
How the list breaks down
Both are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Sturmer. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every entry
2 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
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.
12 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Sturmer’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Sturmer →
Further out, the best known
Head 28 km out for Fitzwilliam Museum, the best known of 12.
CathedralEly Cathedral39 km north
CastleHedingham Castle12 km southeast
MuseumIWM Duxford24 km west · 401K visitors a year (2019)
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House18 km west
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral26 km northeast
CastleClare Castle7.6 km east
CastleSaffron Walden Castle17 km west
MuseumMuseum of Zoology28 km northwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
CastleColchester Castle36 km southeast
CathedralChelmsford Cathedral37 km south
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden27 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Sturmer (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.
Places to visit in Sturmer: questions
What is there to see near Sturmer?
No attraction is mapped inside Sturmer itself. Within 5 km of it are Haverhill Arts Centre and Haverhill and District Local History Centre.
Does Sturmer have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Sturmer: Haverhill Arts Centre and Haverhill and District Local History Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Sturmer?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Audley End House (English Heritage), 18 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Sturmer?
Within 40 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (28 km), Ely Cathedral (39 km), Hedingham Castle (12 km), IWM Duxford (24 km).
Where are Sturmer’s historic buildings listed?
Sturmer has 12 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 Sturmer 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)
- Ely Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, 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
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, 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
- Chelmsford Cathedral: The original uploader was Petepetepete at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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