National Horse Racing Museum
Sports museum in Newmarket, United Kingdom.
Attractions in Exning
Photo: National Horse Racing Museum, Tony Lewis (CC BY-SA 2.0)What to see from Exning: National Horse Racing Museum first
Look within 5 km of its edge for the 3 places to visit; none is inside Exning’s built-up area. The mix takes in 2 museums and an attraction. Allow a day for Ely Cathedral, 16 km off.
In Exning
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
3
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Best known
Just outside Exning, the best known
The rest of the best known are a museum and an attraction.
MuseumNational Horse Racing Museum2.9 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumBurwell Museum1.8 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionNewmarket Racecourse2.5 km outside town, to the southEach 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
Plotted on the map
The outermost point is National Horse Racing Museum, at 3.7 km.
The dashed line is Exning’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 list by type
Most common are museums or galleries: 2 of 3.
Museums & galleries 2 museums0 in town · 2 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby
Green: inside Exning. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
Every entry
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 3.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
17 listed buildings are on Exning’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Exning →
Big names nearby
The wider area
Allow a day for Ely Cathedral, 16 km away, the pick of 12.
CathedralEly Cathedral16 km northwestMuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum18 km southwest · 364K visitors a year
MuseumIWM Duxford25 km southwest · 401K visitors a year (2019)
MuseumMuseum of Zoology18 km west · 139K visitors a year (2023)
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral24 km east
Abbey or priory · National TrustAnglesey Abbey9.3 km west
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden18 km southwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageDenny Abbey and Farmland Museum13 km west
CastleCambridge Castle18 km west
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House29 km south
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall38 km north · 106K visitors a year
CastleHedingham Castle34 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Exning (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.
What visitors ask about Exning
What is there to see near Exning?
No attraction is mapped inside Exning itself. Within 5 km of it are National Horse Racing Museum, Burwell Museum and Newmarket Racecourse.
Does Exning have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Exning: National Horse Racing Museum and Burwell Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Exning?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Anglesey Abbey (National Trust), 9.3 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Exning?
Within 40 km: Ely Cathedral (16 km), Fitzwilliam Museum (18 km), IWM Duxford (25 km), Museum of Zoology (18 km).
Where are Exning’s historic buildings listed?
Exning 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 Exning 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)
- National Horse Racing Museum: Tony Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burwell Museum: Senra, John McCullough, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ely Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Abbey: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum: Rob enwiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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