Places to visit around Caston, from Melsop Farm Park
From Caston, the big name within reach is Norwich Cathedral, 30 km away. Nothing is mapped inside Caston’s built-up area, but 2 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are a zoo and a museum.
The first to see around Caston
After Melsop Farm Park comes 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 they are
At the edge of the map sits Museum 4 Watton, 5 km out.
The dashed line is Caston’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 there is to see
The list holds a zoo and a museum.
Green: inside Caston. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Near Caston
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 2 places in all.
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 Caston’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Caston →
Around the region
Norwich Cathedral, at 30 km, heads the 12.
CathedralNorwich Cathedral30 km east
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall22 km west · 106K visitors a year
CastleNorwich Castle Museum30 km east
Museum · English HeritageGrimes Grave's Visitor Centre16 km southwest
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral35 km south
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle20 km southwest
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral29 km eastAbbey or prioryAbbey or priory · English HeritageThetford Priory17 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall38 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising39 km northwest
Historic houseHoughton Hall35 km northwest
Historic houseEuston Hall20 km southPlaces well known beyond Caston (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.
Visiting Caston: the answers
What is there to see near Caston?
No attraction is mapped inside Caston itself. Within 5 km of it are Melsop Farm Park and Museum 4 Watton.
Does Caston have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Caston: Museum 4 Watton.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Caston?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), 22 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Caston?
Within 40 km: Norwich Cathedral (30 km), Oxburgh Hall (22 km), Norwich Castle Museum (30 km), Grimes Grave's Visitor Centre (16 km).
Where are Caston’s historic buildings listed?
Caston 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 Caston 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
- 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 Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weeting Castle: 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
- 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
- Houghton Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Euston Hall: Morris ?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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