Places to visit around Cambridge, from Coaley Peak
Visitors to Cambridge can choose from 5 attractions, a park or estate and a museum. None of our places to visit is inside Cambridge’s built-up area; 9 are within 5 km of its edge. In heritage care, one place on the list is looked after by the National Trust. For a full day, there is Gloucester Cathedral, 17 km away.
The names to know near Cambridge
Close behind Coaley Peak are 4 attractions and 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.
Where to go
Just outside town, most of the 9 sit to the northwest.
The dashed line is Cambridge’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
5 are other attractions; museums or galleries come next with 2.
Green: inside Cambridge. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Coaley Peak).
Every place, in and near Cambridge
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 9 places.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
8 listed buildings are on Cambridge’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Cambridge →
Day trips from Cambridge
Head 17 km out for Gloucester Cathedral, the best known of 12.
CathedralGloucester Cathedral17 km northeast
CastleBerkeley Castle7.8 km southwest
Abbey or priory · CadwTintern Abbey22 km west
Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle26 km west
Historic houseHighgrove House18 km southeast
Historic houseGatcombe Park14 km east
Abbey or prioryMarlmesbury Abbey and Grounds25 km southeast
Castle · CadwChepstow Castle23 km southwest
MuseumSS Great Britain Museum35 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageGoodrich Castle24 km northwest
CathedralBristol Cathedral35 km southwest
MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery35 km southwest · 451K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Cambridge (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.
Seeing Cambridge: questions
What is there to see near Cambridge?
No attraction is mapped inside Cambridge itself. Within 5 km of it are Coaley Peak, Scott House Museum, Toad Hall and Mission Possible.
Does Cambridge have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Cambridge: Scott House Museum and WWT Slimbridge Gallery.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Cambridge?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Cambridge, 1 place is cared for by the National Trust (Coaley Peak).
What are the best-known days out near Cambridge?
Within 40 km: Gloucester Cathedral (17 km), Berkeley Castle (7.8 km), Tintern Abbey (22 km), Monmouth Castle (26 km).
Where are Cambridge’s historic buildings listed?
Cambridge has 8 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 Cambridge 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)
- Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Berkeley Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tintern Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Highgrove House: Sherwood, Jones & Co, London, 1825, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gatcombe Park: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marlmesbury Abbey and Grounds: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chepstow Castle: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SS Great Britain Museum: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Goodrich Castle: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery: The original uploader was Steinsky at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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