What to see from North Creake: Creake Abbey first
For a trip from North Creake, Sandringham House is 18 km away. What there is to see lies just outside: 2 places within 5 km of its edge. Among them are an abbey or priory and an attraction. Here, one place is kept up by English Heritage.
Around North Creake: where to begin
Beyond Creake Abbey, there is an attraction.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCreake Abbey800 m outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionWalled Garden4.8 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The lie of the land
Walled Garden, 5.3 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is North Creake’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
Between them they are an abbey or priory and an attraction.
Green: inside North Creake. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Creake Abbey).
Every one of them
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.
11 listed buildings are on North Creake’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in North Creake →
Further afield: the best known within 40 km
Of the 12 day trips, Sandringham House (18 km) is the best known.
Historic houseSandringham House18 km southwest
Historic houseHolkham Hall5.6 km northeast
Historic houseHoughton Hall11 km southwest
MuseumThursford Collection13 km east · 250K visitors a year
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising23 km southwest
Historic houseAnmer Hall14 km southwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBinham Priory13 km east
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall39 km south · 106K visitors a year
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall34 km east
Abbey or prioryWalsingham Priory (remains)8.4 km east
Historic houseRaynham Hall13 km south
Castle · English HeritageBaconsthorpe Castle27 km eastPlaces well known beyond North Creake (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.
What visitors ask about North Creake
What is there to see near North Creake?
No attraction is mapped inside North Creake itself. Within 5 km of it are Creake Abbey and Walled Garden.
Does North Creake have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of North Creake.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near North Creake?
Yes. In or within 5 km of North Creake, 1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Creake Abbey).
What are the best-known days out near North Creake?
Within 40 km: Sandringham House (18 km), Holkham Hall (5.6 km), Houghton Hall (11 km), Thursford Collection (13 km).
Where are North Creake’s historic buildings listed?
North Creake has 11 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 North Creake 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 (13)
- Creake Abbey: Martin Addison, 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
- Houghton Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thursford Collection: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 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
- Anmer Hall: Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Binham Priory: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blickling Hall: The original uploader was Tobybuk at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walsingham Priory (remains): David P Orman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Raynham Hall: Nigel Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baconsthorpe Castle: Aaron Boardley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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