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Riverside Way, Brandon, West Suffolk, Suffolk
IP27 0JD Forest Heath District
Days out for all the family
Are there any fun places to visit? The following attractions are within 10 miles of IP27 0JD:
Gainsborough House
46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO102EU
The museum and art gallery at the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough. Gainsborough's House, the only birthplace of the great British artist open to the public in Britain, opened as a museum in 1961.
Chilford Hall Vineyard
Chilford Hall, Balsham Road, Linton, CB16LE
Chilford Hall is home to the largest vineyard in East Anglia and is one of the region's most respected wine producers, earning numerous awards. Chilford Hall in Cambridgeshire is the perfect place to get away from it all.
Weeting Castle
2m North of Brandon, Weeting, IP270RQ
Ruins of an early C12th defended manor house, built by Hugh de Plais in the 1130's on the site of a C10th settlement. Weeting is one of the earliest inhabited parts of Norfolk, the flint mines at Grimes Graves confirm this.
Ancient House Museum
White Hart Street, Thetford, IP241AA
Ancient House Museum is currently closed for a major refurbishment which will create a 21st century museum which will reflect Thetford's rich heritage. This magnificent timber framed Tudor merchant's house was built about 1490, with an extension added about 1590.
Thetford Warren Lodge
2m West of Thetford, IP241AD
Ruins of two-storeyed mediaeval hunting lodge, set in pleasant woods. Built c1400 for the Prior of Thetford's gamekeeper.
Oxburgh Hall
Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough, PE339PS
This quintessential Tudor house, with its magnificent gatehouse and accessible Priest's Hole, was built in 1482 by the Bedingfeld family, who still live here. The rooms show the development from medieval austerity to neo-Gothic Victorian comfort, and include an outstanding display of embroidery worked by Mary, Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick.
West Stow Anglo Saxon Village
West Stow Country Park, Icklingham Rd, Stowe, IP286HG
West Stow Country Park and Anglo-Saxon Village is a very special place. Within its 125 acres there are a host of different stories waiting to be revealed to the visitor - the history of the land in this part of the Lark Valley, how man has changed it since earliest times and the story of the wildlife that lives here.
Moyses Hall Museum
Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, IP331DX
For almost a thousand years Moyses Hall has looked out over the Market Place of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. It has seen many changes since it was built in 1180 and provides an excellent setting in which to trace the unfolding story of Bury St Edmunds through displays from mediaeval times through to the present.
WWT Welney
Hundred Foot Bank, Welney, PE149TN
The dramatic wetlands at Welney, on the Ouse Washes, are home to some of the most spectacular winter gatherings of wild swans. In the summer, Welney offers a relaxing opportunity to see rich varieties of rare waders and other wildlife.
Stained Glass Museum
The Cathedral, Ely, CB74DN
The Stained Glass Museum offers a unique insight into the fascinating story of stained glass, an art-form that has been practised in Britain for at least thirteen hundred years. The Museum's exhibits include an early 19th century stained-glass copy of a work by Raphael and an 18th century panel copied from a portrait by the artist Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Ely Cathedral
Ely, CB74DL
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Ely, which covers some 1,500 square miles of East Anglia. The story of Ely Cathedral begins in Saxon Times with the life of its founder, St.
Oliver Cromwell House
29 St Mary´s Street, Ely, CB74HF
Oliver Cromwell and his family lived in this fascinating house from 1636 for about ten years, after Oliver inherited the lease from his uncle, Sir Thomas Steward. The house was known as 'The Rectory and Parsonage of the Holy Trinity and St.
Ickworth House Park and Gardens
The Rotunda, Horringer, IP295QE
Unusual Georgian house and landscape park. In 1795 the eccentric 4th Earl of Bristol created this equally eccentric house, with its central rotunda and curved corridors, to display his collections.
Banham Zoo
The Grove, Banham, NR162HE
Journey around the glode to experience at close quarters some of the world's most exotice, rare and endangered animals. Experience one of the largest and most exciting Birds of Prey display in the UK.
National Horseracing Museum
99 High Street, Newmarket, CB88JL
The story of the people and horses involved in racing from its Royal origins to Lester Piggott, Frankie Dettori and other modern heroes. Learn about the horse and the jockey in our Practical Gallery.
Castle Rising Castle
Stocks Green, Castle Rising, PE322XD
A fine 12th-century domestic keep, set amid huge defensive earthworks and once the palace and home to Isabella, the 'She Wolf' of France, dowager Queen of England. The keep walls stand to their original height.
Bressingham Steam Museum
Bressingham, IP222AB
The Steam Museum and Gardens are located at Bressingham near Diss in Norfolk, England. Featuring Road traction Engines.
Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey
Denny Abbey, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambs, CB59PQ
A fascinating historical site for all the family to enjoy! At the farmland museum you can discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire with objects displays and interactives for all ages, visit a village shop and see a magnificent 17th Century stone barn and the workshops, which include a basket maker and a blacksmith, explore a traditional and a Fenman's Hut.At Dennyy Abbey you can explore this lovely abbey still featuring superb Norman interiors.
Roots of Norfolk
Beech House, Gressenhall, NR204DR
Set in 50 beautiful acres of Norfolk countryside this delightful and unique museum offers a wonderful range of things to see and do. Dig deeper into Norfolk's rural past as you explore our stunning displays and visit traditional cottages and shops.
Anglesey Abbey
Anglesey Abbey, Lode, CB59EJ
The 98 Acre grounds of the abbey provide a wide range of features throughout the year. The garden at Anglesey Abbey can be attributed to the vision of one man, Huttleston Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven.
Wymondham Tourist Information Centre
Market Cross, Market Place, NR18 0AX
The Tourist Information Centre is staffed to offer help and advice on attractions, accommodation, and events in the locality. It is a valuable source of information about anything and everything going on in and around the town for visitors and residents alike.
Town House Museum
46 Queen Street, Kings Lynn, PE305DQ
The Town House Museum displays the social history and domestic life of Lynn's merchants, traders and families from Medieval times to the 1950s. In the Medieval room you can try your hand at brass rubbing.
Lynn Museum
Market Street, Kings Lynn, PE301NL
The major re-development planned for the museum includes new displays that will tell the King's Lynn & West Norfolk story in a lively and accessible way and serve as a gateway to the borough's rich heritage. These displays will include part of the 4,000 year-old Holme timber circle, popularly known as 'Seahenge', a find of international significance.
Trues Yard Fisherfolk Museum
North Street, PE30 1QW
Trues Yard Museum is a social history Museum in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. It is an independent Museum run almost entirely by volunteers and depicts the story of the old North End fishing quarter of Kings Lynn.
Museum of East Anglian Life
Opposite ASDA, Stowmarket, IP141DL
Come in and explore the old East Anglia, from Suffolk Punch horses and rare breeds of pigs, sheep and goats, to displays of farming, craft workshops and industry, including the story of Ransomes to a Gypsy and Travellers exhibition with traditional caravans. Arrive when the Smithy or any of our huge engines are at work and you could easily think you are in the industrial heart of England.
Castle Rising
The Castle, Castle Rising, King’s Lynn, PE316AH
Castle Rising Castle is one of the most famous 12th Century castles in England.The stone keep, built in around 1140ad, is amongst the finest surviving examples of its kind anywhere in the country and, together with the massive surrounding earthworks, ensures that Rising is a castle of national importance.
Peckover House and Garden
North Brink, Wisbech, PE131JR
This outstanding 2 acre Victorian garden includes an orangery, summer houses, roses, herbaceous borders, fernery, croquet lawn and a 17th century thatched barn. The town house, built c.
African Violet Centre
Terrington St Clement, Kings Lynn, PE344PL
We place ourselves as the ideal venue, whatever the weather, to provide you or your group with an insight into the wonderful and fascinating world of African Violets and gardening needs.Our Visitor Centre enables visitors to share in the secrets and discover the marvel and wonderful world of African Violets and to see examples of how to cultivate and care for them at all stages (talks and demonstrations available by appointment).
Lavenham Guildhall
Market Place, Lavenham, CO109QZ
Tudor building in the heart of a remarkably preserved small medieval town. This early 16th-century timber-framed building overlooks and dominates the town's market place.
Kentwell Hall
Long Melford, CO109BA
We welcome you to visit our fascinating house. Take a glimpse into both the past and present of this unique family home.
