Places to visit near Ludham: St Benet's Abbey & more
Look within 5 km of its edge for the 6 places to visit; none is inside Ludham’s built-up area. There are 2 abbeys or priories, a museum and a theme park to choose from. One of them is cared for by English Heritage. Travel 18 km and you reach Norwich Cathedral.
Leading the list near Ludham
Behind St Benet's Abbey on the list are a museum, a theme park and a historic ship.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt Benet's Abbey2.1 km outside town, to the south
MuseumRAF Air Defence Radar Museum3.5 km outside town, to the westTheme parkTheme parkBeWilderwood Norwich4.9 km outside town, to the westHistoric shipHistoric shipWherry Hathor1.4 km outside town, to the northwestGardenGardenFairhaven Woodland and Water Garden4.5 km outside town, to the southwestAbbey or prioryAbbey or priorySaint Benet's Abbey Drainage Mill2 km outside town, to the southEach 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
The list reaches out to BeWilderwood Norwich, 5.7 km away.
The dashed line is Ludham’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The list by type
The places here are 2 abbeys or priories, a museum and a theme park.
Green: inside Ludham. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by English Heritage (St Benet's Abbey).
All of them, one by one
The list runs to 6 places, all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
8 listed buildings are on Ludham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ludham →
A little further out
Head 18 km out for Norwich Cathedral, the best known of 12.
CathedralNorwich Cathedral18 km southwest
CastleNorwich Castle Museum19 km southwest
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral19 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall23 km northwest
CastleCaister Castle13 km southeast
CastleClaxton Castle16 km southwest
Heritage railwayBure Valley Railway8.6 km west
CastleBungay Castle29 km south
Art galleryThe Sainsbury Centre23 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageBaconsthorpe Castle33 km northwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreat Yarmouth Grey Friary18 km southeast
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum32 km south · 40K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Ludham (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.
Good to know in Ludham
What is there to see near Ludham?
No attraction is mapped inside Ludham itself. Within 5 km of it are St Benet's Abbey, RAF Air Defence Radar Museum, BeWilderwood Norwich and Wherry Hathor.
Does Ludham have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Ludham: RAF Air Defence Radar Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Ludham?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Ludham, 1 place is cared for by English Heritage (St Benet's Abbey).
What are the best-known days out near Ludham?
Within 40 km: Norwich Cathedral (18 km), Norwich Castle Museum (19 km), St John the Baptist Cathedral (19 km), Blickling Hall (23 km).
Where are Ludham’s historic buildings listed?
Ludham has 8 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 Ludham 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)
- St Benet's Abbey: Wonderwoman72uk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- RAF Air Defence Radar Museum: 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
- 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
- Caister Castle: Bob Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claxton Castle: Graham Hardy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bure Valley Railway: Northmetpit 14:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Sainsbury Centre: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Baconsthorpe Castle: Aaron Boardley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Great Yarmouth Grey Friary: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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