The one place to visit in Moulton is Moulton Packhorse Bridge
For a trip from Moulton, Ely Cathedral is 22 km away. One place to visit is mapped inside Moulton’s built-up area, and one more within 5 km of its edge. They include an attraction and a museum. Of these, one is looked after by English Heritage.
Moulton’s big names
Once you have seen Moulton Packhorse Bridge, try a museum.
MuseumNational Horse Racing Museum4.6 km outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The places, mapped
National Horse Racing Museum, 4.9 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is Moulton’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Grouped by kind
Between them they are an attraction and a museum.
Green: inside Moulton. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Moulton Packhorse Bridge).
Everything to see
The one inside Moulton comes first, then one more within 5 km of its edge.
National Horse Racing Museum
Sports museum in Newmarket, United Kingdom.
The one inside Moulton comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
17 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Moulton’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Moulton →
A little further out
The 12 days out are led by Ely Cathedral, 22 km away.
CathedralEly Cathedral22 km northwestMuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum25 km west · 364K visitors a year
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral16 km east
MuseumIWM Duxford30 km southwest · 401K visitors a year (2019)
MuseumMuseum of Zoology25 km west · 139K visitors a year (2023)
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey16 km east
Historic house · National TrustIckworth House13 km east
Historic house · National TrustOxburgh Hall37 km north · 106K visitors a year
CastleHedingham Castle30 km south
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House31 km southwest
Abbey or priory · National TrustAnglesey Abbey16 km west
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden25 km westPlaces well known beyond Moulton (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.
Seeing Moulton: questions
What are the main attractions in Moulton?
The place to visit inside Moulton’s built-up area is Moulton Packhorse Bridge. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Moulton have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Moulton: National Horse Racing Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Moulton?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Moulton, 1 place is cared for by English Heritage (Moulton Packhorse Bridge).
What are the best-known days out near Moulton?
Within 40 km: Ely Cathedral (22 km), Fitzwilliam Museum (25 km), St Edmundsbury Cathedral (16 km), IWM Duxford (30 km).
Where are Moulton’s historic buildings listed?
Moulton 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 Moulton 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 (12)
- National Horse Racing Museum: Tony Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ely Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ickworth House: Squeezyboy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxburgh Hall: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Abbey: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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