Places to visit around Kessingland, from Africa Alive
What there is to see lies just outside: 4 places within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are 2 zoos, a museum and a pier. For a full day, there is Norwich Cathedral, 37 km away.
The first to see around Kessingland
Then come a museum, a pier and a zoo, behind Africa Alive.
MuseumEast Anglia Transport Museum3.5 km outside town, to the northwestPierPierClaremont Pier4.7 km outside town, to the northZooZooOulton Broad Mini Zoo4.9 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Plotted on the map
Close by, the 4 mostly lie to the north.
The dashed line is Kessingland’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
Zoos, theme parks or other days out lead the count with 3 of 4.
Green: inside Kessingland. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The whole list for Kessingland
4 places make the list, every one within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
6 listed buildings are on Kessingland’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kessingland →
A little further out
First of the 12 big names within reach is Norwich Cathedral, 37 km away.
CathedralNorwich Cathedral37 km northwest
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle33 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle38 km south · 31K visitors a year (2017)
CastleNorwich Castle Museum37 km northwest
CastleBungay Castle20 km west
Historic houseSomerleyton Hall and Gardens12 km north
Theme parkPleasurewood Hills9.9 km north
MuseumMincarlo - Historic Trawler6.3 km north
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum22 km west · 40K visitors a year
CastleMettingham Castle17 km west
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral38 km northwest
CastleCaister Castle26 km northPlaces well known beyond Kessingland (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 Kessingland
What is there to see near Kessingland?
No attraction is mapped inside Kessingland itself. Within 5 km of it are Africa Alive, East Anglia Transport Museum, Claremont Pier and Oulton Broad Mini Zoo.
Does Kessingland have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Kessingland: East Anglia Transport Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Kessingland?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Framlingham Castle (English Heritage), 33 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Kessingland?
Within 40 km: Norwich Cathedral (37 km), Framlingham Castle (33 km), Orford Castle (38 km), Norwich Castle Museum (37 km).
Where are Kessingland’s historic buildings listed?
Kessingland 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 Kessingland 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)
- East Anglia Transport Museum: Spsmiler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orford Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Somerleyton Hall and Gardens: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pleasurewood Hills: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mincarlo - Historic Trawler: stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mettingham Castle: Graham Horn, 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
- Caister Castle: Bob Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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