From Haverhill Arts Centre on: Haverhill’s list
For a trip from Haverhill, Fitzwilliam Museum is 25 km away. Both places to visit on our list are inside Haverhill’s built-up area; none are within 5 km of its edge. They include an art gallery and a museum.
Must-know places in Haverhill
Following Haverhill Arts Centre is a museum.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Finding your way
At 600 m, Haverhill Arts Centre is the farthest one out.
The dashed line is Haverhill’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What you can see
Both are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Haverhill. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place to visit
The list is 2 places, all in town.
Haverhill and District Local History Centre
Museum in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, UK.
The 2 inside Haverhill come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
34 listed buildings are on Haverhill’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Haverhill →
A drive away
Day trips number 12; the best known is Fitzwilliam Museum, 25 km off.
CathedralEly Cathedral37 km north
MuseumIWM Duxford21 km west · 401K visitors a year (2019)
CastleHedingham Castle15 km southeast
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House16 km southwest
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral26 km northeast
CastleSaffron Walden Castle15 km southwest
MuseumMuseum of Zoology25 km northwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
CastleClare Castle10 km east
CastleColchester Castle39 km southeast
CathedralChelmsford Cathedral39 km south
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden24 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Haverhill (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.
Asked about places to visit in Haverhill
What are the main attractions in Haverhill?
The best known inside Haverhill’s built-up area are Haverhill Arts Centre and Haverhill and District Local History Centre. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town.
Does Haverhill have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Haverhill: Haverhill Arts Centre and Haverhill and District Local History Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Haverhill?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Audley End House (English Heritage), 16 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Haverhill?
Within 40 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (25 km), Ely Cathedral (37 km), IWM Duxford (21 km), Hedingham Castle (15 km).
Where are Haverhill’s historic buildings listed?
Haverhill has 34 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 Haverhill 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)
- Ely Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clare Castle: Evelyn Simak, https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14840, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chelmsford Cathedral: The original uploader was Petepetepete at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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