Places to visit and places of interest around Lakenheath Clay Target Centre
These places of interest below have been taken from the local phone business directory and are meant as a guide as to what is available in this area.
Lakenheath has taken no payment for this guide list and accept no responsibility for what you may encounter. You should always contact the place of interest prior to travelling.
| NAME OF ATTRACTION | DISTANCE | DESCRIPTION | WEBSITE | |||||||||||
| Mildenhall Swimming Pool | 8 k/5 m | Recreation Way, Mildenhall | http://www.angcomleisure.com/ | |||||||||||
| Thetford Forest Park | 8 k/5 m | Cycling, walking, play areas | http://www.forestry.gov.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Go Ape | 8 k/5 m | Trecking in the trees using tarzan swings, rope bridges etc. for kids age 10 years plus | http://www.goape.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Grimes Graves | 15 k/9 m | Neolithic (over 5,000 years old) flint mine with exhibition | http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.12454 | |||||||||||
| Center Parcs Eleveden | 16 k/10 m | Holiday village with indoor and outdoor activities. | http://www.centerparcs.co.uk/villages/elveden/ | |||||||||||
| Newmarket Swimming Pool | 21 k/13 m | High Street, Newmarket | http://www.angcomleisure.com/ | |||||||||||
| Prickwillow Engine Museum | 24 k/15 m | A collection of large engines | http://www.prickwillow-engine-museum.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| National Horse Racing Museum | 26 k/16 m | Exhibitions and fun activities around horse racing | http://www.nhrm.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| National Stud | 29 k/18 m | For Horse Lovers -Stable tours including stallion unit, mares and foals, nursey yards | http://www.nationalstud.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Anglia Karting Centre | 32 k/20 m | Purpose built race track with activities for all ages | http://www.anglia-karting.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Cockley Cley Iceni Village | 33 k/20 m | Queen Boadicea and the Iceni tribe lived here 2000 years ago. The museum complex is set in beautiful Breckland countryside and includes a nature trail, a seventh century church and more | http://www.icenivillage.com/ | |||||||||||
| Ely Cathedral | 39 k/24 m | Medieval cathedral built on a site that dates back to Saxon times. The cathedral houses a stained glass museum. Ely also has a good museum based in the old gaol and the 17th century family house of Oliver Cromwell | http://www.cathedral.ely.anglican.org/ | |||||||||||
| Anglesey Abbey | 39 k/24 m | restored 16th century house in beautiful landscaped gardens and old mill | http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/angleseyabbey | |||||||||||
| Cambridge Museum of Technology | 41 k/25 m | pumping station; printing equipment etc. | http://www.museumoftechnology.com/ | |||||||||||
| Banham Zoo | 44 k/27 m | Thirty five acres of parkland with over 1,000 animals, adventure play area, safari train, feeding talks etc. | http://www.banhamzoo.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Parkside Pools and Kelsey Kerridge spsorts centre | 45 k/28 m | large swimming pool with leisure, fitness facilities. Large car park adjacent. Gonville Place, Cambridge | http://www.kelseykerridge.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Bressingham Steam Experience | 46 k/28 m | Museum of steam and steam engines, steam railway, gardens | http://www.bressingham.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Fitzwilliam Museum | 46 k/29 m | Art museum with china, fan collection, works by well known artists | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences | 46 k/29 m | Impressive collection of fossils, rocks and minerals from round the world | http://www.sedgwickmuseum.org/ | |||||||||||
| Duxford Imperial War Museum | 49 k/30 m | 180 historic aricraft on show including spitfires; also tanks and other military exhibits | http://www.iwm.org.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Activity Land | 50 k/31 m | Indoor & outdoor activity centre with rock climbing, driving, dinosaur dig, gold panning, toddler area, woodland trail | http://www.wherekidsplay.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| The American Cemetery | 52 k/32 m | A commemoration to Americal service men and women who died in the second world war | http://www.cambridgeonline.co.uk/listings/11251/ | |||||||||||
| Audley End | 54 k/34 m | Jacobean manor with gardens designed by Capability Brown. Miniature railway offers rides through the estate | http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.12088 | |||||||||||
| Sandringham House | 61 k/38 m | Queen's country retreat | http://www.sandringham-estate.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Lavenham | 62 k/39 m | Fine example of a medieval English village with beautiful painted houses and quirky shops | http://www.lavenham.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Mole Hall Wildlife Park | 63k/39 m | Wildlife park and butterfly pavilion | http://www.molehall.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Kentwell Hall | 66 k/41 m | Magnificent tudor mansion | http://www.kentwell.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Framlinglam Castle | 71 k/44 m | Dating back to 1177 this castle was built as a fortress | http://www.framlingham.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Norfolk Lavender | 72 k/45 m | England's oldest lavender farm has nearly 100 acres of lavender, an essential oil distillery, gardens, gift and plant shops and a tearoom | http://www.norfolk-lavender.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| Mountfitchet Castle | 76k/47 m | Reconstructed Norman castle and village. Toy museum, dinosaur experience, animals and more | http://www.mountfitchetcastle.com/ | |||||||||||
| Animal Ark | 76k/47 m | Rare breed animals and birds, activities, petting zoo | http://www.theanimalark.org/ | |||||||||||
| Suffolk Owl Sanctuary | 82 k/51 m | Flying displays, information centre, woodland walks | http://www.the-owl-barn.com/ | |||||||||||
| Africa Alive | 97 k/60 m | Wildlife safari park | http://www.africa-alive.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
| The Suffolk Coast | 100 k/62 m | Visit traditional English seaside towns such as Southwold, Walberswick and Aldeburgh. Take a wildlife walk. Visit bird sanctuaries | http://www.visit-suffolkcoast.co.uk/ | |||||||||||
