Just outside Ringstead: Hunstanton Heritage Centre and more
Nothing to visit is mapped inside Ringstead’s built-up area, but 4 places are within 5 km of its edge. Among them are a museum, an aquarium and an attraction. Further out, Sandringham House is 12 km away.
The first to see around Ringstead
Following Hunstanton Heritage Centre are an aquarium, an attraction 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.
The layout
Look to the west for most of the 4 just outside.
The dashed line is Ringstead’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
It comes down to a museum, an aquarium and an attraction.
Green: inside Ringstead. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The list in full
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 4 places in all.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
13 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Ringstead’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ringstead →
A drive away
Of the 12 day trips, Sandringham House (12 km) is the best known.
Historic houseSandringham House12 km south
Historic houseHolkham Hall18 km east
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising17 km south
Historic houseHoughton Hall14 km southeast
Historic houseAnmer Hall12 km south
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall39 km south · 106K visitors a year
MuseumThursford Collection28 km east · 250K visitors a year
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCreake Abbey15 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBinham Priory27 km east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCastle Acre Priory28 km south
Historic houseRaynham Hall23 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageNorth Elmham Chapel34 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Ringstead (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.
Visiting Ringstead: questions
What is there to see near Ringstead?
No attraction is mapped inside Ringstead itself. Within 5 km of it are Hunstanton Heritage Centre, Sea Life Centre, Searles Sea Tours and Rainbow Park.
Does Ringstead have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Ringstead: Hunstanton Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Ringstead?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Castle Rising (English Heritage), 17 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Ringstead?
Within 40 km: Sandringham House (12 km), Holkham Hall (18 km), Castle Rising (17 km), Houghton Hall (14 km).
Where are Ringstead’s historic buildings listed?
Ringstead has 13 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 Ringstead 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
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thursford Collection: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Creake Abbey: Martin Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Binham Priory: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Acre Priory: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raynham Hall: Nigel Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Elmham Chapel: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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