What is near North Lopham: Banham Zoo first
For a trip from North Lopham, Norwich Cathedral is 33 km away. There is no place to visit inside North Lopham’s built-up area; there are 2 within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in a zoo and a museum.
Where to start near North Lopham
Once you have seen Banham Zoo, try a museum.
MuseumBressingham Steam & Gardens4.5 km outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped around North Lopham
The farthest of them, Bressingham Steam & Gardens, is 4.9 km out.
The dashed line is North Lopham’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
The list holds a zoo and a museum.
Green: inside North Lopham. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
Both on the list lie within 5 km of its edge.
Bressingham Steam & Gardens
Museum/various trains and visitor gardens in Norfolk.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
18 listed buildings are on North Lopham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in North Lopham →
A drive away
Norwich Cathedral, 33 km away, is the best known of the 12.
CathedralNorwich Cathedral33 km northeast
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral26 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle32 km southeast
CastleNorwich Castle Museum32 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall35 km northwest · 106K visitors a year
Historic houseEuston Hall14 km westAbbey or prioryAbbey or priory · English HeritageThetford Priory17 km west
CastleEye Castle15 km southeast
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral32 km northeast
Museum · English HeritageGrimes Grave's Visitor Centre23 km west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey26 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle26 km westPlaces well known beyond North Lopham (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 North Lopham’s attractions
What is there to see near North Lopham?
No attraction is mapped inside North Lopham itself. Within 5 km of it are Banham Zoo and Bressingham Steam & Gardens.
Does North Lopham have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of North Lopham: Bressingham Steam & Gardens.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near North Lopham?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Framlingham Castle (English Heritage), 32 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near North Lopham?
Within 40 km: Norwich Cathedral (33 km), St Edmundsbury Cathedral (26 km), Framlingham Castle (32 km), Norwich Castle Museum (32 km).
Where are North Lopham’s historic buildings listed?
North Lopham has 18 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 Lopham 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 (12)
- Bressingham Steam & Gardens: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Euston Hall: Morris ?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eye Castle: Bob Jones, 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
- Grimes Grave's Visitor Centre: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Weeting Castle: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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