Just outside Old Hunstanton: Hunstanton Heritage Centre and more
Nothing to visit is mapped inside Old Hunstanton’s built-up area, but 4 places are within 5 km of its edge. Look for a museum, an attraction and an aquarium. Travel 14 km and you reach Sandringham House.
Where to start near Old Hunstanton
Once you have seen Hunstanton Heritage Centre, try an attraction, an aquarium and a theme park.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
How they lie
Head to the southwest for most of the 4 on the list.
The dashed line is Old Hunstanton’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 museum, an attraction and an aquarium.
Green: inside Old Hunstanton. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place to visit
Its 4 places all lie within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
14 listed buildings are on Old Hunstanton’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Old Hunstanton →
Further out, the best known
Out of town, Sandringham House (14 km) leads 12 names to know.
Historic houseSandringham House14 km south
Historic houseHolkham Hall20 km east
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising18 km south
Historic houseHoughton Hall17 km southeast
Historic houseAnmer Hall14 km south
MuseumThursford Collection31 km east · 250K visitors a year
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBinham Priory30 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCreake Abbey17 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCastle Acre Priory31 km southeast
MuseumLincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre40 km northwest · 40K visitors a year
Castle · English HeritageNorth Elmham Chapel37 km southeast
Historic houseRaynham Hall26 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Old Hunstanton (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 Old Hunstanton
What is there to see near Old Hunstanton?
No attraction is mapped inside Old Hunstanton itself. Within 5 km of it are Hunstanton Heritage Centre, Searles Sea Tours, Sea Life Centre and Rainbow Park.
Does Old Hunstanton have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Old Hunstanton: Hunstanton Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Old Hunstanton?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Castle Rising (English Heritage), 18 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Old Hunstanton?
Within 40 km: Sandringham House (14 km), Holkham Hall (20 km), Castle Rising (18 km), Houghton Hall (17 km).
Where are Old Hunstanton’s historic buildings listed?
Old Hunstanton has 14 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 Old Hunstanton 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)
- 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
- Houghton Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anmer Hall: Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thursford Collection: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Binham Priory: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Creake Abbey: Martin Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Acre Priory: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Elmham Chapel: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raynham Hall: Nigel Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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