In Banham, Banham Zoo is the place to visit
Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 2 beyond the one inside Banham’s built-up area. The mix takes in a zoo, a museum and a historic site. Go 27 km out for Norwich Cathedral.
Banham’s best known
Close behind Banham Zoo are a museum and 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.
Finding your way
Out at 5.1 km is 453rd Bomb Group Museum, the farthest.
The dashed line is Banham’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
It comes down to a zoo, a museum and a historic site.
Green: inside Banham. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every entry
The town has one; within 5 km of its edge, the list finds 2 more.
The one inside Banham comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
21 listed buildings are on Banham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Banham →
Further out, the best known
Leading the 12 is Norwich Cathedral, 27 km away; they include 5 castles and 3 cathedrals.
CathedralNorwich Cathedral27 km northeast
CastleNorwich Castle Museum26 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle33 km southeast
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral32 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall35 km northwest · 106K visitors a year
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral26 km northeastAbbey or prioryAbbey or priory · English HeritageThetford Priory20 km west
CastleEye Castle17 km southeast
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum25 km east · 40K visitors a year
Museum · English HeritageGrimes Grave's Visitor Centre25 km west
CastleBungay Castle27 km east
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle29 km westPlaces well known beyond Banham (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 Banham
What are the main attractions in Banham?
The place to visit inside Banham’s built-up area is Banham Zoo. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 2 more within 5 km.
Does Banham have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Banham: 453rd Bomb Group Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Banham?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Framlingham Castle (English Heritage), 33 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Banham?
Within 40 km: Norwich Cathedral (27 km), Norwich Castle Museum (26 km), Framlingham Castle (33 km), St Edmundsbury Cathedral (32 km).
Where are Banham’s historic buildings listed?
Banham 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 Banham 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)
- 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
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, 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
- Eye Castle: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grimes Grave's Visitor Centre: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weeting Castle: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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