The nearest draw to Colkirk: Raynham Hall, 4 km away
For a trip from Colkirk, Sandringham House is 23 km away. Nothing is mapped inside Colkirk’s built-up area, but 2 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in a historic house and a museum.
Leading the list near Colkirk
Alongside Raynham Hall you find a museum.
Historic houseRaynham Hall3.4 km outside town, to the west
MuseumFakenham Museum of Gas and Local History2.4 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Map of the places
Out at 4 km is Raynham Hall, the farthest.
The dashed line is Colkirk’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kinds of place
It comes down to a historic house and a museum.
Green: inside Colkirk. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every one of them
Nothing is inside Colkirk itself; these 2 are within 5 km of its edge.
Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History
Museum in Fakenham, England, United Kingdom.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
9 listed buildings are on Colkirk’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Colkirk →
Further afield: the best known within 40 km
Of the 12 day trips, Sandringham House (23 km) is the best known.
Historic houseSandringham House23 km west
Historic houseHolkham Hall17 km north
MuseumThursford Collection10 km northeast · 250K visitors a year
Historic houseHoughton Hall13 km west
Castle · English HeritageNorth Elmham Chapel8.2 km southeast
CathedralNorwich Cathedral36 km southeast
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall31 km southwest · 106K visitors a year
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising26 km west
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall26 km east
CastleNorwich Castle Museum36 km southeast
Historic houseAnmer Hall19 km west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBinham Priory15 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Colkirk (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 Colkirk’s attractions
What is there to see near Colkirk?
No attraction is mapped inside Colkirk itself. Within 5 km of it are Raynham Hall and Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History.
Does Colkirk have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Colkirk: Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Colkirk?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is North Elmham Chapel (English Heritage), 8.2 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Colkirk?
Within 40 km: Sandringham House (23 km), Holkham Hall (17 km), Thursford Collection (10 km), Houghton Hall (13 km).
Where are Colkirk’s historic buildings listed?
Colkirk has 9 listed buildings. 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 Colkirk 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 (14)
- Raynham Hall: Nigel Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History: Lajmmoore, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Thursford Collection: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Houghton Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Elmham Chapel: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 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
- Castle Rising: Antony McCallum: Who is the uploader, photographer, full copyright owner and proprietor of WyrdLight.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blickling Hall: The original uploader was Tobybuk at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anmer Hall: Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Binham Priory: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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