Isleham Hoard

#4104 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Isleham Hoard is a hoard of more than 6,500 pieces of worked and unworked bronze, dating from the Bronze Age, found in 1959 by William 'Bill' Houghton and his brother, Arthur, at Isleham, near Ely, in the English county of Cambridgeshire. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°20'35"N, 0°24'40"E

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11 Church StreetEnglandUnited Kingdom

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Isleham Hoard – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mildenhall Stadium, St Mary's Church, Prickwillow Museum, Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club.

2 miNE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Mildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall
50 min walk • Mildenhall Stadium is a speedway, stock car racing and Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing venue located in Mildenhall, Suffolk between Cambridge and Norwich. The stadium is known as Suffolk Downs when greyhound racing takes place.
4.2 miE
Church
St Mary's Church, Mildenhall
107 min walk • St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Mildenhall, Suffolk.
5.7 miNW
Museum, Science museum
Prickwillow Museum
147 min walk • Prickwillow Museum, formerly known as the Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum, tells the story of the changing face of the Fens and its network of drainage systems and pumping stations. The museum is housed in the old pumping station in Prickwillow, 4 miles east of the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.
3.6 miE
Outdoor activities, Golf
Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club, Bury St Edmunds
93 min walk • The Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club is a golf club located near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. The nine-hole layout is consistently ranked in the top 100 courses in Britain and Ireland, and the "Sacred Nine" is reputed to be the best nine-hole course in the world.
5.9 miSW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Burwell Museum
151 min walk • The Burwell Museum is located in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England. The museum depicts life through the centuries on the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens. Opened in 1992, it is housed in a collection of different period and period style agricultural buildings.
3.2 miW
Monastery
Soham Baptist Church, Soham
81 min walk • Soham Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon monastery in Soham, which at the time was in the Kingdom of East Anglia. Constructed by St Felix of Burgundy during the early part of the 7th century, it was the first Roman Christian site to be established in Cambridgeshire.
~310 ftW
Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Isleham Priory Church
2 min walk • Isleham Priory Church, located in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, is a Norman church, built in ca 1090. Despite being converted into a barn, it remains in a largely unaltered state.
5.9 miSW
Park
Wicken Fen
152 min walk • Wicken Fen is a 254.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. It is also a National Nature Reserve, and a Nature Conservation Review site.
5.1 miSE
Church
St Nicholas Church, Kennett
131 min walk • St Nicholas Church is the parish church of the village of Kennett in east Cambridgeshire. It has been dedicated to St Nicholas since the 13th century. The building consists of a chancel and an aisled nave with north porch and west tower.
5.8 miNW
Church
St Peter's Church
148 min walk • St Peter's Church, Prickwillow, is an inactive Anglican church in the village of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, England.
3.5 miE
Golf
Cambridge University Golf Club
90 min walk • The Cambridge University Golf Club is the golf club for the University of Cambridge, England. It comprises the Blues team, the second-team Cambridge University Golf Club Stymies, and the Ladies team.