Near Great Bircham: Houghton Hall and other places to visit
All of it lies outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge, none inside Great Bircham’s built-up area. They include 2 historic houses and an attraction. Travel 8.4 km and you reach Sandringham House.
The best known around Great Bircham
Following Houghton Hall are a historic house and an attraction.
Historic houseHoughton Hall4 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseAnmer Hall3.8 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttractionGreat Bircham Windmill500 m outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map view
The farthest of them, Anmer Hall, is 4.4 km out.
The dashed line is Great Bircham’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 kind of places
2 of the 3 are castles or historic places, more than any other kind.
Green: inside Great Bircham. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place by place
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 3 places.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
2 listed buildings are on Great Bircham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Great Bircham →
For a day out
Sandringham House, at 8.4 km, heads the 12.
Historic houseSandringham House8.4 km southwest
Historic houseHolkham Hall15 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising13 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall31 km south · 106K visitors a year
MuseumThursford Collection21 km east · 250K visitors a year
Historic houseRaynham Hall13 km southeast
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCastle Acre Priory18 km south
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCreake Abbey11 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageNorth Elmham Chapel24 km southeast
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBinham Priory22 km east
Castle · English HeritageBaconsthorpe Castle36 km east
Abbey or prioryWalsingham Priory (remains)17 km eastPlaces well known beyond Great Bircham (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 before you go to Great Bircham
What is there to see near Great Bircham?
No attraction is mapped inside Great Bircham itself. Within 5 km of it are Houghton Hall, Anmer Hall and Great Bircham Windmill.
Does Great Bircham have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Great Bircham.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Great Bircham?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Castle Rising (English Heritage), 13 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Great Bircham?
Within 40 km: Sandringham House (8.4 km), Holkham Hall (15 km), Castle Rising (13 km), Oxburgh Hall (31 km).
Where are Great Bircham’s historic buildings listed?
Great Bircham has 2 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 Great Bircham 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)
- Houghton Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anmer Hall: Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- 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
- Raynham Hall: Nigel Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Acre Priory: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Creake Abbey: Martin Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Elmham Chapel: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Binham Priory: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baconsthorpe Castle: Aaron Boardley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walsingham Priory (remains): David P Orman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
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