A museum just outside East Bergholt: The Munnings Art Museum
What there is to see lies just outside: 6 places within 5 km of its edge. They include 2 museums, an attraction and an abbey or priory. On the list, 2 places are looked after: 1 by the National Trust and 1 by English Heritage. The trip to Colchester Castle is 13 km.
The best known around East Bergholt
Alongside The Munnings Art Museum you find an attraction, an abbey or priory and a ruins.
MuseumThe Munnings Art Museum2.4 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttraction · National TrustFlatford Mill700 m outside town, to the southAbbey or prioryAbbey or prioryDodnash Priory2.3 km outside town, to the eastRuinsRuins · English HeritageMistley Towers3.5 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleLittle Wenham Castle3.3 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumManningtree Museum2.9 km outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to go
The farthest of them, Mistley Towers, is 5.3 km out.
The dashed line is East Bergholt’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
There are more castles or historic places (3) than anything else, then museums or galleries (2).
Green: inside East Bergholt. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
2 places are cared for: 1 by the National Trust and 1 by English Heritage (Flatford Mill and Mistley Towers).
Full list of places
Nothing is inside East Bergholt itself; these 6 are within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
72 listed buildings are on East Bergholt’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in East Bergholt →
Names further out
Start with Colchester Castle, 13 km off, the best known of 12.
CastleColchester Castle13 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle37 km east · 31K visitors a year (2017)
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle36 km northeast
CastleHedingham Castle29 km west
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral36 km northwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. Botolph's Priory13 km southwest
ZooColchester Zoo18 km southwest
FortBalkerne Gate13 km southwest
GardenBeth Chatto Gardens11 km south
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. John's Abbey Gatehouse13 km southwest
CastleHelmingham Hall25 km northeast
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey36 km northwestPlaces well known beyond East Bergholt (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.
Before a day out in East Bergholt
What is there to see near East Bergholt?
No attraction is mapped inside East Bergholt itself. Within 5 km of it are The Munnings Art Museum, Flatford Mill, Dodnash Priory and Mistley Towers.
Does East Bergholt have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of East Bergholt: The Munnings Art Museum and Manningtree Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near East Bergholt?
Yes. In or within 5 km of East Bergholt, 2 places are cared for: 1 by the National Trust and 1 by English Heritage (Flatford Mill and Mistley Towers).
What are the best-known days out near East Bergholt?
Within 40 km: Colchester Castle (13 km), Orford Castle (37 km), Framlingham Castle (36 km), Hedingham Castle (29 km).
Where are East Bergholt’s historic buildings listed?
East Bergholt has 72 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 East Bergholt 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 (14)
- The Munnings Art Museum: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Little Wenham Castle: Zorba the Geek, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orford Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Botolph's Priory: Maria, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Zoo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Balkerne Gate: Tanya2501, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Chatto Gardens: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. John's Abbey Gatehouse: Saltmarsh, 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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