Nothing in Occold itself: Eye Castle is 3.2 km away
Nothing to visit is mapped inside Occold’s built-up area, but 3 places are within 5 km of its edge. On the list: 2 museums and a castle, among others. Framlingham Castle is worth a day, 15 km from the centre.
Just outside Occold, the best known
Then come 2 museums, behind Eye Castle.
CastleEye Castle2.8 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseum95th Bomb Group Memorial Hospital3.8 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseum95th Bomb Group Red Feather Club3.7 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
How they lie
Close by, the 3 mostly lie to the northeast.
The dashed line is Occold’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kind by kind
The biggest group is museums or galleries, with 2 of the 3.
Green: inside Occold. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place to visit
3 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
5 listed buildings are on Occold’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Occold →
Out of town
The standout of the 12 is Framlingham Castle, 15 km from town.
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle15 km southeast
CathedralNorwich Cathedral39 km north
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle33 km southeast · 31K visitors a year (2017)
CastleWingfield Castle9.2 km northeast
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral31 km west
CastleNorwich Castle Museum39 km north
CastleHelmingham Hall13 km south
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum23 km northeast · 40K visitors a year
CastleBungay Castle26 km northeast
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral38 km north
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey31 km west
Historic houseEuston Hall27 km westPlaces well known beyond Occold (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.
Practical questions about Occold
What is there to see near Occold?
No attraction is mapped inside Occold itself. Within 5 km of it are Eye Castle, 95th Bomb Group Memorial Hospital and 95th Bomb Group Red Feather Club.
Does Occold have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Occold: 95th Bomb Group Memorial Hospital and 95th Bomb Group Red Feather Club.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Occold?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Framlingham Castle (English Heritage), 15 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Occold?
Within 40 km: Framlingham Castle (15 km), Norwich Cathedral (39 km), Orford Castle (33 km), Wingfield Castle (9.2 km).
Where are Occold’s historic buildings listed?
Occold has 5 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 Occold 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)
- Eye Castle: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orford Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wingfield Castle: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helmingham Hall: Chris Holifield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Euston Hall: Morris ?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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