Wingfield Castle
Grade I listed quadrangular castle in Mid Suffolk, England, UK.
Attractions in Wingfield
Photo: Wingfield Castle, Robert Edwards (CC BY-SA 2.0)Wingfield Castle heads the list around Wingfield
Nothing to visit is mapped inside Wingfield’s built-up area, but 3 places are within 5 km of its edge. Look for 2 museums and a castle. Day-trippers head 15 km out to Framlingham Castle.
In Wingfield
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
3
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Castles & historic places
1
in or near town
Best known
Top of the list around Wingfield
Alongside Wingfield Castle you find 2 museums.
CastleWingfield Castle300 m outside town, to the westMuseumMuseum95th Bomb Group Memorial Hospital5 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseum95th Bomb Group Red Feather Club5 km 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 map
Where things are
Head to the southwest for most of the 3 on the list.
The dashed line is Wingfield’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
What there is to see
2 of the 3 are museums or galleries, more than any other kind.
Museums & galleries 2 museums0 in town · 2 nearby
Castles & historic places 1 castle0 in town · 1 nearby
Green: inside Wingfield. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
Everything to see
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 3 places listed.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
10 listed buildings are on Wingfield’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Wingfield →
Big names nearby
Day trips from Wingfield
Out of town, Framlingham Castle (15 km) leads 12 names to know.
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle15 km south
CathedralNorwich Cathedral32 km north
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle33 km southeast · 31K visitors a year (2017)
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum13 km northeast · 40K visitors a year
CastleEye Castle8.6 km west
CastleNorwich Castle Museum31 km north
CastleBungay Castle17 km northeast
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral39 km west
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral31 km north
CastleMettingham Castle18 km northeast
CastleHelmingham Hall20 km south
CastleClaxton Castle29 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Wingfield (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.
Planning a visit to Wingfield
What is there to see near Wingfield?
No attraction is mapped inside Wingfield itself. Within 5 km of it are Wingfield Castle, 95th Bomb Group Memorial Hospital and 95th Bomb Group Red Feather Club.
Does Wingfield have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Wingfield: 95th Bomb Group Memorial Hospital and 95th Bomb Group Red Feather Club.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Wingfield?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Framlingham Castle (English Heritage), 15 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Wingfield?
Within 40 km: Framlingham Castle (15 km), Norwich Cathedral (32 km), Orford Castle (33 km), Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum (13 km).
Where are Wingfield’s historic buildings listed?
Wingfield has 10 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 Wingfield 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)
- Wingfield Castle: Robert Edwards, 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
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eye Castle: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Edmundsbury Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mettingham Castle: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helmingham Hall: Chris Holifield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claxton Castle: Graham Hardy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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