A museum to see in Stowmarket: The Food Museum
For a trip from Stowmarket, Framlingham Castle is 24 km away. The built-up area itself has one place on our list; another is within 5 km of its edge.
Start here in Stowmarket
Next to The Food Museum, the best known is a museum.
MuseumThe Food Museumin townMuseumMuseumHaughley Green Air Raid Shelter4.5 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.
Finding your way
The outermost point is Haughley Green Air Raid Shelter, at 6.3 km.
The dashed line is Stowmarket’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The kinds on offer
They are all museums or galleries: 2 in all.
Green: inside Stowmarket. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The places, one by one
The one inside Stowmarket comes first, then one more within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Stowmarket comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
138 listed buildings are on Stowmarket’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Stowmarket →
Bigger names, a drive away
Head 24 km out for Framlingham Castle, the best known of 12.
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle24 km east
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral20 km west
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle38 km east · 31K visitors a year (2017)
CastleColchester Castle34 km south
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey20 km west
CastleHelmingham Hall14 km east
CastleHedingham Castle35 km southwest
CastleEye Castle18 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustIckworth House24 km west
Historic houseEuston Hall25 km northwestAbbey or prioryAbbey or priory · English HeritageThetford Priory31 km northwest
CastleWingfield Castle25 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Stowmarket (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 Stowmarket
What are the main attractions in Stowmarket?
The place to visit inside Stowmarket’s built-up area is The Food Museum. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Stowmarket have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Stowmarket: The Food Museum and Haughley Green Air Raid Shelter.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Stowmarket?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Framlingham Castle (English Heritage), 24 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Stowmarket?
Within 40 km: Framlingham Castle (24 km), St Edmundsbury Cathedral (20 km), Orford Castle (38 km), Colchester Castle (34 km).
Where are Stowmarket’s historic buildings listed?
Stowmarket has 138 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 Stowmarket 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)
- The Food Museum: Martinevans123, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orford Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helmingham Hall: Chris Holifield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eye Castle: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ickworth House: Squeezyboy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Euston Hall: Morris ?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wingfield Castle: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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