Out from Bircham Newton: Houghton Hall and more
For a trip from Bircham Newton, Sandringham House is 11 km away. Our list finds nothing inside Bircham Newton’s built-up area, but 2 places within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in a historic house and an attraction.
The first to see around Bircham Newton
The list goes on from Houghton Hall to an attraction.
Historic houseHoughton Hall4.6 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionGreat Bircham Windmill2.3 km outside town, to the southwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
The map ends at Houghton Hall, 5.6 km out.
The dashed line is Bircham Newton’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 is on offer
Between them they are a historic house and an attraction.
Green: inside Bircham Newton. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
Both is within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
Further afield
Sandringham House, at 11 km, heads the 12 day trips.
Historic houseSandringham House11 km southwest
Historic houseHolkham Hall12 km northeast
Historic houseAnmer Hall7.5 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising16 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall34 km south · 106K visitors a year
MuseumThursford Collection19 km east · 250K visitors a year
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCreake Abbey8 km northeast
Historic houseRaynham Hall12 km southeast
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall39 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBinham Priory20 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCastle Acre Priory20 km south
Castle · English HeritageNorth Elmham Chapel23 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Bircham Newton (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.
What people ask about Bircham Newton
What is there to see near Bircham Newton?
No attraction is mapped inside Bircham Newton itself. Within 5 km of it are Houghton Hall and Great Bircham Windmill.
Does Bircham Newton have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Bircham Newton.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Bircham Newton?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Castle Rising (English Heritage), 16 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Bircham Newton?
Within 40 km: Sandringham House (11 km), Holkham Hall (12 km), Anmer Hall (7.5 km), Castle Rising (16 km).
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 Bircham Newton 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 (13)
- Houghton Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandringham House: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holkham Hall: Rev Stan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anmer Hall: Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Rising: Antony McCallum: Who is the uploader, photographer, full copyright owner and proprietor of WyrdLight.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thursford Collection: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Creake Abbey: Martin Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raynham Hall: Nigel Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blickling Hall: The original uploader was Tobybuk at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Binham Priory: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Acre Priory: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Elmham Chapel: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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