From Yaxham: Sandringham House and other trips
The one place on our list close to Yaxham is Mid-Norfolk Railway, within 5 km of its edge. Travel 36 km and you reach Sandringham House. Within 40 km you can choose from 12, 5 historic houses and 3 castles among them.
Closest in
Mid-Norfolk Railway is the nearest, 5.4 km off. Mid-Norfolk Railway is a heritage railway in Norfolk.
1The places, mapped
Numbers 1 to 7 match the places below.
Yaxham is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
A breakdown by kind
Castles or historic places lead the count with 10; 2 are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Yaxham. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
4 places are cared for: 2 by the National Trust and 2 by English Heritage (Oxburgh Hall, North Elmham Chapel, Blickling Hall and Castle Rising).
All of them, one by one
Its 13 places all lie within 40 km.
Sandringham House
Royal residence near the village of Sandringham in Norfolk, England, UK.
Oxburgh Hall
Grade I listed historic house museum in Breckland District, Norfolk, England, UK.
North Elmham Chapel
Grade I listed building in North Elmham, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
St John the Baptist Cathedral
Roman Catholic cathedral in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
Thursford Collection
Museum of traction engines, mechanical fairground rides, and fairground organs in Thursford, Norfolk, UK.
The Sainsbury Centre
Art gallery and museum at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, United Kingdom.
What is in or close to Yaxham comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
6 listed buildings are on Yaxham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Yaxham →
A day out from Yaxham
Here is what lies within 40 km: the pick of 12.
2Historic houseSandringham House36 km northwest
3CathedralNorwich Cathedral23 km east
4CastleNorwich Castle Museum23 km east
5Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall28 km west · 106K visitors a year
6Castle · English HeritageNorth Elmham Chapel11 km north
7CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral22 km east
Historic house · National TrustBlickling Hall25 km northeast
Historic houseHolkham Hall35 km north
Historic houseHoughton Hall28 km northwest
MuseumThursford Collection24 km north · 250K visitors a year
Castle · English HeritageCastle Rising37 km northwest
Art galleryThe Sainsbury Centre19 km eastThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Norwich →
Practical questions about Yaxham
What is there to see near Yaxham?
No attraction is mapped inside Yaxham itself. Within 5 km of it are Mid-Norfolk Railway.
Does Yaxham have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Yaxham.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Yaxham?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), 28 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Yaxham?
Within 40 km: Sandringham House (36 km), Norwich Cathedral (23 km), Norwich Castle Museum (23 km), Oxburgh Hall (28 km).
Where are Yaxham’s historic buildings listed?
Yaxham has 6 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 Yaxham 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 (7)
- Mid-Norfolk Railway: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandringham House: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Elmham Chapel: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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