Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Places to visit near Hales
Close by, the list has a single place: Raveningham Hall, within 5 km of its edge. Norwich Cathedral lies 19 km out, worth a day. Look within 40 km and there are 12, among them 6 castles and 2 cathedrals.
The nearest place to visit
Raveningham Hall stands 2 km from the centre. Raveningham Hall is a country house in Norfolk.
1The map
From 1 to 7, each number is a tile below.
Hales is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
A breakdown by kind
Castles or historic places number 11, museums or galleries 2.
Green: inside Hales. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
3 places are cared for: 2 by English Heritage and 1 by the National Trust (Raveningham Hall, Framlingham Castle and Blickling Hall).
Place after place
All 13 on the list lie within 40 km.
St John the Baptist Cathedral
Roman Catholic cathedral in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
Aviation museum in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
Framlingham Castle
Grade I listed historic house museum in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, UK.
Somerleyton Hall and Gardens
Grade II* listed house in Suffolk, England, UK.
The Sainsbury Centre
Art gallery and museum at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, United Kingdom.
What is in or close to Hales comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
1 listed building is on Hales’ History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Hales →
Day trips from Hales
The 12 places within 40 km on our list start here.
2CathedralNorwich Cathedral19 km northwest
3CastleNorwich Castle Museum19 km northwest
4CastleBungay Castle8.7 km southwest
5CastleClaxton Castle7.9 km northwest
6CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral19 km northwest
7MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum12 km southwest · 40K visitors a year
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle35 km south
CastleMettingham Castle8.8 km south
Historic houseSomerleyton Hall and Gardens11 km east
CastleCaister Castle19 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall37 km northwest
Art galleryThe Sainsbury Centre22 km northwestThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Bungay →
Questions before you go to Hales
What is there to see near Hales?
No attraction is mapped inside Hales itself. Within 5 km of it are Raveningham Hall.
Does Hales have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Hales.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Hales?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Hales, 1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Raveningham Hall).
What are the best-known days out near Hales?
Within 40 km: Norwich Cathedral (19 km), Norwich Castle Museum (19 km), Bungay Castle (8.7 km), Claxton Castle (7.9 km).
Where are Hales’ historic buildings listed?
Hales has 1 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 Hales 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 (7)
- Raveningham Hall: 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
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claxton Castle: Graham Hardy, 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
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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