Close to Carbrooke: Museum 4 Watton and more
The best-known day out from Carbrooke is Sandringham House, 37 km away. Our list finds nothing inside Carbrooke’s built-up area, but 2 places within 5 km of its edge. Among them are a museum and a zoo.
Just outside Carbrooke, the best known
Along with Museum 4 Watton, see a zoo.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Plotted on the map
The list reaches out to Melsop Farm Park, 4.6 km away.
The dashed line is Carbrooke’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
The places here are a museum and a zoo.
Green: inside Carbrooke. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Both on the list
You will find both within 5 km of its edge.
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 Carbrooke’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Carbrooke →
Further away
Day trips number 12; the best known is Sandringham House, 37 km off.
Historic houseSandringham House37 km northwest
CathedralNorwich Cathedral29 km east
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall21 km west · 106K visitors a year
CastleNorwich Castle Museum29 km east
Museum · English HeritageGrimes Grave's Visitor Centre18 km southwest
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral28 km east
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle22 km southwest
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral39 km south
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall35 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising36 km northwest
Castle · English HeritageNorth Elmham Chapel20 km north
Historic houseHoughton Hall31 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Carbrooke (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.
Planning a visit to Carbrooke
What is there to see near Carbrooke?
No attraction is mapped inside Carbrooke itself. Within 5 km of it are Museum 4 Watton and Melsop Farm Park.
Does Carbrooke have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Carbrooke: Museum 4 Watton.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Carbrooke?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), 21 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Carbrooke?
Within 40 km: Sandringham House (37 km), Norwich Cathedral (29 km), Oxburgh Hall (21 km), Norwich Castle Museum (29 km).
Where are Carbrooke’s historic buildings listed?
Carbrooke 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 Carbrooke 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)
- Sandringham House: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grimes Grave's Visitor Centre: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weeting Castle: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Castle Rising: Antony McCallum: Who is the uploader, photographer, full copyright owner and proprietor of WyrdLight.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Elmham Chapel: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Houghton Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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