A museum to see in Watton: Museum 4 Watton
From Watton, the big name within reach is Sandringham House, 36 km away. We list one place to visit inside Watton’s built-up area and another within 5 km of its edge. There are a museum and a zoo to choose from.
What Watton is known for
Then comes a zoo, behind Museum 4 Watton.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
Melsop Farm Park, 6.8 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is Watton’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The types of place
Between them they are a museum and a zoo.
Green: inside Watton. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything to see
The one inside Watton comes first, then one more within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Watton comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
32 listed buildings are on Watton’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Watton →
Names further out
Sandringham House, at 36 km, heads the 12.
Historic houseSandringham House36 km northwest
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall18 km west · 106K visitors a year
CathedralNorwich Cathedral32 km east
CastleNorwich Castle Museum32 km east
Museum · English HeritageGrimes Grave's Visitor Centre15 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageWeeting Castle19 km southwest
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral37 km south
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral31 km eastAbbey or prioryAbbey or priory · English HeritageThetford Priory18 km south
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising35 km northwest
Historic houseHoughton Hall31 km northwest
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall38 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Watton (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 before you go to Watton
What are the main attractions in Watton?
The place to visit inside Watton’s built-up area is Museum 4 Watton. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Watton have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Watton: Museum 4 Watton.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Watton?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), 18 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Watton?
Within 40 km: Sandringham House (36 km), Oxburgh Hall (18 km), Norwich Cathedral (32 km), Norwich Castle Museum (32 km).
Where are Watton’s historic buildings listed?
Watton has 32 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 Watton 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 (11)
- Sandringham House: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Grimes Grave's Visitor Centre: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weeting Castle: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, 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
- 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
- Blickling Hall: The original uploader was Tobybuk at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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