Banham

Worth seeing in and around Banham

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Buckenham Castle

   Old Buckenham Castle and Buckenham Castle are two castles adjacent respectively to the villages of Old Buckenham and New Buckenham, Norfolk, England.

   3.1 km · Grade I listed castle in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Banham Zoo

   Banham Zoological Gardens is a 50-acre zoo in Banham, Norfolk, England. The zoo, which in 2024 was reported to be a home to more than 2,000 animals, opened to the public in 1968, became a charity in 2013, and has since been often awarded the prize of Norfolk's Top Attraction, by numerous different organisations, with an annual visitor attendance of in excess of 200,000 people.

   1.1 km · zoo in Banham, Norfolk, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of St Mary the Virgin

   St Mary the Virgin Church, Banham is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in Banham, Norfolk. The basic material of the building is the natural flint of the area, and as is usual with Norfolk churches, white freestone was sparingly used for windows and framing because it had to be brought laboriously from quarries in Northamptonshire.

   200 m · church in Banham, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Quidenham Hall

   Quidenham Hall is a country house at Quidenham in Norfolk, England.

   3.2 km · country house in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Kenninghall and Banham Fens with Quidenham Mere

   Kenninghall and Banham Fens with Quidenham Mere is a 48.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Banham, in Norfolk, England. This site in the valley of the River Whittle has a lake, tall fen, wet woodland and calcareous grassland.

   2.5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia

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Getting to Banham

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 83 km · London Luton (LTN), 115 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 150 km

• London, Essex → Banham

  132 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £14–19
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• London → Banham

  132 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £14–19
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• Luton, Luton → Banham

  118 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £12–17
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