A day out from Scole: Eye Castle, 5.3 km away
Nothing on our list is inside Scole’s built-up area; the 3 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are 2 museums and a castle. Further afield, Framlingham Castle is 21 km from the centre.
Just outside Scole, the best known
Along with Eye Castle, see 2 museums.
CastleEye Castle4.8 km outside town, to the south
MuseumThe 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum3.5 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumDiss Museum3.1 km outside town, to the westEach 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
Eye Castle, 5.3 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is Scole’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Sorted by kind
Most common are museums or galleries: 2 of 3.
Green: inside Scole. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 3 places listed.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
17 listed buildings are on Scole’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Scole →
Further out, the best known
Framlingham Castle, 21 km away, is the best known of the 12.
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle21 km southeast
CathedralNorwich Cathedral31 km north
CastleWingfield Castle7.5 km east
CastleNorwich Castle Museum31 km north
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle40 km southeast · 31K visitors a year (2017)
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral33 km southwest
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum18 km northeast · 40K visitors a year
CastleBungay Castle21 km northeast
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral30 km north
CastleHelmingham Hall22 km southZooZooBanham Zoo12 km northwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey33 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Scole (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.
Places to visit in Scole: questions
What is there to see near Scole?
No attraction is mapped inside Scole itself. Within 5 km of it are Eye Castle, The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum and Diss Museum.
Does Scole have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Scole: The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum and Diss Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Scole?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Framlingham Castle (English Heritage), 21 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Scole?
Within 40 km: Framlingham Castle (21 km), Norwich Cathedral (31 km), Wingfield Castle (7.5 km), Norwich Castle Museum (31 km).
Where are Scole’s historic buildings listed?
Scole has 17 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 Scole 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)
- Eye Castle: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum: Deben Dave, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wingfield Castle: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orford Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helmingham Hall: Chris Holifield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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