East Anglia Transport Museum and more near Worlingham
With nothing inside Worlingham’s built-up area, the list has 3 places within 5 km of its edge. Look for 2 museums and a historic house. Further afield, Norwich Cathedral is 28 km from the centre.
Where to start near Worlingham
The list goes on from East Anglia Transport Museum to a museum and a historic house.
MuseumEast Anglia Transport Museum4.8 km outside town, to the east
MuseumBeccles and District Museum1.5 km outside town, to the west
Historic houseSotterley Hall Estate2.5 km outside town, to the southEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Around Worlingham, mapped
At 6.5 km, East Anglia Transport Museum is the farthest one out.
The dashed line is Worlingham’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 mix
The biggest group is museums or galleries, with 2 of the 3.
Green: inside Worlingham. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 3 places.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
3 listed buildings are on Worlingham’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Worlingham →
A little further out
Top of the 12 day trips: Norwich Cathedral, at 28 km.
CathedralNorwich Cathedral28 km northwest
CastleBungay Castle11 km west
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle30 km southwest
CastleNorwich Castle Museum28 km northwest
CastleMettingham Castle8.2 km west
MuseumNorfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum13 km west · 40K visitors a year
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle40 km south · 31K visitors a year (2017)
Historic houseSomerleyton Hall and Gardens9.8 km northeast
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral29 km northwest
Historic house · English HeritageRaveningham Hall8.2 km northwest
CastleClaxton Castle18 km northwest
Theme parkPleasurewood Hills12 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Worlingham (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.
Questions about Worlingham’s attractions
What is there to see near Worlingham?
No attraction is mapped inside Worlingham itself. Within 5 km of it are East Anglia Transport Museum, Beccles and District Museum and Sotterley Hall Estate.
Does Worlingham have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Worlingham: East Anglia Transport Museum and Beccles and District Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Worlingham?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Framlingham Castle (English Heritage), 30 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Worlingham?
Within 40 km: Norwich Cathedral (28 km), Bungay Castle (11 km), Framlingham Castle (30 km), Norwich Castle Museum (28 km).
Where are Worlingham’s historic buildings listed?
Worlingham has 3 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 Worlingham 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 (15)
- East Anglia Transport Museum: Spsmiler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beccles and District Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sotterley Hall Estate: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bungay Castle: Scott Anderson from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mettingham Castle: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orford Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Somerleyton Hall and Gardens: Velvet, 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
- Raveningham Hall: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claxton Castle: Graham Hardy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pleasurewood Hills: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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