Clare Castle and more near Stoke-by-Clare
No place to visit is mapped inside Stoke-by-Clare’s built-up area; 4 are within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 2 museums, a castle and an art gallery. Set 33 km out, Fitzwilliam Museum makes a day trip.
The names to know near Stoke-by-Clare
Clare Castle aside, the next best known are 2 museums and an art gallery.
CastleClare Castle2.9 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumThe Ancient House Museum2.9 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumRidgewell Airfield Museum3.5 km outside town, to the southArt galleryArt galleryTelephone Kiosk2.9 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.
Plotted on the map
The map shows most of the 4 nearby to the northeast.
The dashed line is Stoke-by-Clare’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kinds of place
Museums or galleries lead the count with 3 of 4.
Green: inside Stoke-by-Clare. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The list in full
4 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
The Ancient House Museum
Medieval timber-framed building and museum in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
34 listed buildings are on Stoke-by-Clare’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Stoke-by-Clare →
The wider area
Out of town, Fitzwilliam Museum (33 km) leads 12 names to know.
CastleHedingham Castle8.9 km southeast
MuseumIWM Duxford28 km west · 401K visitors a year (2019)
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral24 km northeast
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House22 km west
CastleColchester Castle31 km southeast
CathedralChelmsford Cathedral37 km south
MuseumMuseum of Zoology33 km northwest · 139K visitors a year (2023)
CastleSaffron Walden Castle21 km west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey24 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustIckworth House19 km northeast
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden32 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Stoke-by-Clare (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.
What visitors ask about Stoke-by-Clare
What is there to see near Stoke-by-Clare?
No attraction is mapped inside Stoke-by-Clare itself. Within 5 km of it are Clare Castle, The Ancient House Museum, Ridgewell Airfield Museum and Telephone Kiosk.
Does Stoke-by-Clare have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Stoke-by-Clare: The Ancient House Museum, Ridgewell Airfield Museum and Telephone Kiosk.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Stoke-by-Clare?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Audley End House (English Heritage), 22 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Stoke-by-Clare?
Within 40 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (33 km), Hedingham Castle (8.9 km), IWM Duxford (28 km), St Edmundsbury Cathedral (24 km).
Where are Stoke-by-Clare’s historic buildings listed?
Stoke-by-Clare has 34 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 Stoke-by-Clare 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)
- Clare Castle: Evelyn Simak, https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14840, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Ancient House Museum: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ickworth House: Squeezyboy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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