What is near Attleborough: 453rd Bomb Group Museum first
For a trip from Attleborough, Norwich Cathedral is 24 km away. None of our places to visit is inside Attleborough’s built-up area; 2 are within 5 km of its edge. Among them are a museum and a historic site.
Leading the list near Attleborough
Second to 453rd Bomb Group Museum is a historic site.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The places, mapped
Market Cross, 6.2 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is Attleborough’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 you can see
Between them they are a museum and a historic site.
Green: inside Attleborough. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 2 places.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
21 listed buildings are on Attleborough’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Attleborough →
Further away
Top of the 12 day trips: Norwich Cathedral, at 24 km.
CathedralNorwich Cathedral24 km northeast
CastleNorwich Castle Museum23 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall31 km west · 106K visitors a year
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral22 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle39 km southeast
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral36 km southwestZooZooBanham Zoo7.8 km south
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall36 km northeast
Abbey or prioryWymondham Abbey8.9 km northeast
Museum · English HeritageGrimes Grave's Visitor Centre23 km westAbbey or prioryAbbey or priory · English HeritageThetford Priory21 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle27 km westPlaces well known beyond Attleborough (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.
Questions about Attleborough’s attractions
What is there to see near Attleborough?
No attraction is mapped inside Attleborough itself. Within 5 km of it are 453rd Bomb Group Museum and Market Cross.
Does Attleborough have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Attleborough: 453rd Bomb Group Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Attleborough?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), 31 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Attleborough?
Within 40 km: Norwich Cathedral (24 km), Norwich Castle Museum (23 km), Oxburgh Hall (31 km), St John the Baptist Cathedral (22 km).
Where are Attleborough’s historic buildings listed?
Attleborough has 21 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 Attleborough 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 (10)
- Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blickling Hall: The original uploader was Tobybuk at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wymondham Abbey: Abbeygarth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grimes Grave's Visitor Centre: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weeting Castle: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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