The Sainsbury Centre
Art gallery and museum at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, United Kingdom.
Attractions in Swardeston
Photo: The Sainsbury Centre, Oxyman (CC BY 2.5)Around Swardeston, start with The Sainsbury Centre
A day out from Swardeston leads to Norwich Cathedral, 7.3 km away. There is no place to visit inside Swardeston’s built-up area; there are 2 within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in an art gallery and an attraction.
In Swardeston
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
1
in or near town
Best known
The best known around Swardeston
The Sainsbury Centre aside, the next best known is an attraction.
Art galleryThe Sainsbury Centre4.5 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionKeswick Hall1.4 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 map
The places, mapped
At the edge of the map sits The Sainsbury Centre, 5 km out.
The dashed line is Swardeston’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
The mix
The list holds an art gallery and an attraction.
Museums & galleries 1 art gallery0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby
Green: inside Swardeston. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
All the places to visit
Look within 5 km of its edge for both.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
9 listed buildings are on Swardeston’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Swardeston →
Big names nearby
A little further out
Allow a day for Norwich Cathedral, 7.3 km away, the pick of 12.
CathedralNorwich Cathedral7.3 km northeast
CastleNorwich Castle Museum6.8 km northeast
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral6.5 km northeast
MuseumStrangers' Hall6.9 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall26 km north
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle40 km south
CastleClaxton Castle14 km east
CastleBungay Castle19 km southeast
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum19 km southeast · 40K visitors a year
Abbey or prioryWymondham Abbey9.4 km westMuseumMuseumNorfolk Tank Museum9.7 km south
CastleMettingham Castle21 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Swardeston (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.
Your questions on Swardeston
What is there to see near Swardeston?
No attraction is mapped inside Swardeston itself. Within 5 km of it are The Sainsbury Centre and Keswick Hall.
Does Swardeston have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Swardeston: The Sainsbury Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Swardeston?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Blickling Hall (National Trust), 26 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Swardeston?
Within 40 km: Norwich Cathedral (7.3 km), Norwich Castle Museum (6.8 km), St John the Baptist Cathedral (6.5 km), Strangers' Hall (6.9 km).
Where are Swardeston’s historic buildings listed?
Swardeston has 9 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 Swardeston 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)
- The Sainsbury Centre: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Strangers' Hall: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blickling Hall: The original uploader was Tobybuk at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claxton Castle: Graham Hardy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wymondham Abbey: Abbeygarth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mettingham Castle: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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