A day out from Snape: Glemham Hall, 5.1 km away
Nothing is mapped inside Snape’s built-up area, but 4 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. Among them are a historic house, a museum and a water park. Beyond the town, Orford Castle sits 8.8 km away.
Leading the list near Snape
Glemham Hall aside, the next best known are a museum, a water park and an attraction.
Historic houseGlemham Hall4.6 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumSaxmundham Museum4.6 km outside town, to the northWater parkWater parkChapel Barn Lodges4.4 km outside town, to the eastAttractionAttractionSnape Maltings600 m outside town, to the southwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The layout
The map ends at Chapel Barn Lodges, 5.1 km out.
The dashed line is Snape’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
How the list breaks down
Between them they are a historic house, a museum and a water park.
Green: inside Snape. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
Each of the 4 is within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
2 listed buildings are on Snape’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Snape →
Day trips from Snape
Allow a day for Orford Castle, 8.8 km away, the pick of 12.
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle8.8 km south · 31K visitors a year (2017)
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle12 km northwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageLeiston Abbey7.6 km northeast
CastleHelmingham Hall21 km west
CastleBungay Castle32 km north
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum30 km north · 40K visitors a year
CastleWingfield Castle26 km northwestFortFortHM Fort Roughs31 km south
CastleEye Castle29 km northwest
CastleMettingham Castle31 km north
MuseumWoodbridge Tide Mill15 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageLandguard Fort29 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Snape (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 Snape: your questions
What is there to see near Snape?
No attraction is mapped inside Snape itself. Within 5 km of it are Glemham Hall, Saxmundham Museum, Chapel Barn Lodges and Snape Maltings.
Does Snape have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Snape: Saxmundham Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Snape?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Orford Castle (English Heritage), 8.8 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Snape?
Within 40 km: Orford Castle (8.8 km), Framlingham Castle (12 km), Leiston Abbey (7.6 km), Helmingham Hall (21 km).
Where are Snape’s historic buildings listed?
Snape has 2 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 Snape 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)
- Glemham Hall: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orford Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leiston Abbey: Dave Briggs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helmingham Hall: Chris Holifield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wingfield Castle: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eye Castle: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mettingham Castle: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodbridge Tide Mill: Circuitsight at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Landguard Fort: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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