Best Places to Visit Near Ely
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Cities and Localities Near Ely
Where to go for a weekend trip near Ely? A list of surrounding cities, towns and villages nearby or close to the suburbs of Ely within a 50 mile radius.
City
![cambridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/66cd093b867c50103c49f9f1f90c4725.jpg?1582270511)
City
![peterborough](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e01d5ab6ddb495a919df34337a2acfd4.jpg?1605265632)
Town
![bury st edmunds](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/879914c02ce23b13c19da0d929ef9be6.jpg?1629297570)
Town
![kings lynn](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4ee9139f57a6e76c027f7eb1993c686d.jpg?1613058088)
Town
![newmarket](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/91a75d07728b407cd09ccf50f228ac9c.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![saffron walden](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/dd002adc17ad3bdc77e3ce2942aea70d.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![huntingdon](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e3eb43d7958fa179ab8e1760ef4501c3.jpg?1612463309)
Village
![duxford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/53bddf78c0abb845a259976e58bc8771.jpg?1596127119)
Town
![wisbech](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a8c3c8ece16b4ae2784e468f81cbd65e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![thetford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/7242ffbd1b5e04d631488fadb66c0450.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![swaffham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8c4b5e5edbaf21ee911799b33ebc9027.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![st ives](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6ecd5f6d25aba18a114799637474c1db.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![st neots](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6a6fc890d3afd520cd659d9a6045a63d.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![royston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e5a41b7486afcc6979f58baf013210e9.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![long melford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ee8dc3533306e2efe8947c4e00b94bb0.jpg?1630343830)
Town
![clare](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e639fcef4234679d3ddfad7754e3b0ce.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![sutton bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/af120413703be1f98a938835d8527d04.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![haverhill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d545322a3fab15adbc8cf2ba3d110001.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![march](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/487baeb25601352f37e706674b5c9263.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![ramsey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/68126e0f6513196c90600273b7536800.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![chatteris](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/21c3d3ffdfd9b02193f925b044c6ab45.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![whittlesey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d6728d7c7aebe23e79e7a386e2aad1ca.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![mildenhall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/b51f1df5d6e854a3e53a8f9a643b619d.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![hemingford grey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d13357dbaeac1202b15891930c02cc54.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![beechwoods nature reserve](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ac3c3917c30a24bbd24bde241a99cc35.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![thetford forest](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e5944ae1ce0c1efb70d0f79178acf1ca.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![godmanchester](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1f3bfab3921fdadeffa8ff8a031dc895.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![downham market](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/450d53aba9d4e76ee324f781bd69e741.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![isleham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4d8b62e1f02bc5d1632e691a40fc928d.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![cambourne](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/gb/52_21836_-0_06918.jpg)
Town
![crowland](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/98a86b7df63cc08a791474fa867d5938.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![holbeach](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/433ae8bbe42a506787106a668a1d9d11.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![histon and impington](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f13162dea56091c0b29f0445cc53885f.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![buckden](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/03db7a0ae3ceba2ef78fefff5e4957b7.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![sawtry](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/648e7dde2deae64c9aeaa69d2828c59d.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![potton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/49610558f86ae1efe55d3fb0f9aa4fe1.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![papworth everard](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/da4a38a5477f64e221328a123fa2671f.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![woolpit](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/31f9665e0405b98a02726fd260c6b5e4.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![stretham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2687bdddbd179fedc8b426c7a99713ad.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![fulbourn](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1fa7503b372c031a62d8d6a4014b4ba3.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![ixworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d6f0a1fa76efbbfeac00e89e555241df.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![balsham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1407eec425f015445472f721bb4817cd.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![yaxley](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/04d0558de190d401633a6db6f21dbbe2.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![sawston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e7a606d13d3b705951b97f433291a03c.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![soham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/97baab0a076957294b81dbc109eaa432.jpg?1582270511)
Park
![nene washes](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6e949da1f454edf8d86e5b9e2279fa6b.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![gamlingay](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/b2de99f24864faaa81f482514e9552c5.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![swavesey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/70d433d265c7a94adbb4477efc2f9e03.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![earith](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c43b301761c4e37be5707ddb69de1b1b.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![harston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e56edecfa1860041cca88562e8f34954.jpg?1582270511)
TOP Attractions
Best Day Trips from Ely
Best Day Trips from Ely
![Fitzwilliam Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6f711e5c4c0c4abeb5b8502d3c1a8610.jpg?1604933139)
Antique and modern art and artefacts
![Imperial War Museum Duxford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/0f47ec89b57320d6d444f5abb9babc0d.jpg?1596126576)
More than 200 planes, tanks and boats
![Anglesey Abbey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d8ec3d0ba45aa89a11ebb42d5d52875e.jpg?1603899867)
![Parker's Piece](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6d7fe8d04436076d91a044aa45d58127.jpg?1604932905)
![Burghley House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6e988c35e86bdaa2c12811dfcd00ec90.jpg?1582270511)
Grand stately home with sculpture garden
![Peterborough Cathedral](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d8e6430d52dbdc4c7f7796a89ec3fb9f.jpg?1605786036)
12th-century church with Gothic facade
![Huntingdon Racecourse](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/83481ff91ffb7447cf6057e9157e1123.jpg?1612456931)
![Sandringham House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2da7deb09ed1d61947f99017739dc401.jpg?1613057662)
Royal family-owned country estate
![King's College Chapel](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6b368cf1e05d7561ad5247f2739e2a72.jpg?1618477807)
![St Edmundsbury Cathedral](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5d8710d397f4abe4c7f2361cae37769c.jpg?1629297747)
Place of worship dating from 9th century
![Kentwell Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e768c9e8a6be26b5cc5189f7856782d3.jpg?1630343579)
![The Backs](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5464f8b8620d7f58ad1b6d851e4309c5.jpg?1632502335)
![Church of St Mary the Great](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/0fa83e227511323c9b45ce6bd636d2aa.jpg?1582270511)
![Peterborough Greyhound Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3b3c2c6b7cc3c5265c43feb07c395dbf.jpg?1641564869)
![Cambridge University Botanic Garden](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/bd51546939790c54a4a3e8f1a7bddfd8.jpg?1582270511)
Large heritage garden with glasshouses
![Valley Ridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1ccde61ba678baa2e1085681fc0ee66e.jpg?1582270511)
![Hunstanton Golf Club](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/95dcfec940fc471747ccb613abefb12a.jpg?1657203546)
![Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/20cc06c69bba7c2cb88659dc4cd11c3a.jpg?1582270511)
![Abbey Gardens](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f34feb61f809943d3417acf9c6a84aab.jpg?1582270511)
Remains of a grand Benedictine monastery
![Oxburgh Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/52316355088b6ff646e95d4d371b6714.jpg?1582270511)
![Corpus Clock](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ac37c97f30356e653cfec0a64d04bb28.jpg?1582270511)
Handless timepiece with a unique design
![Henlow Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/932bb453b10600e8fd3398614b17e1db.jpg?1660575903)
![West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/611fadd60c454ef19102503325f4a1d1.jpg?1582270511)
![Wimpole Estate](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/85daa9ed8842b973967ba9483053d06e.jpg?1582270511)
![Angles Way](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ac2d36b750cd6dfcdf576078d6ba07cd.jpg?1582270511)
![Flag Fen](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/40b13e8ef4da8df4c27acf3525540974.jpg?1582270511)
Bronze Age archaeological site
![Mildenhall Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/gb/52_3688_0_43027.jpg)
![Market Hill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a2d5220465dddc994e9f540e54db5b5a.jpg?1582270511)
![Primavera](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/212f5e37fe755c2bb87077d51a536f27.jpg?1582270511)
![Clare College Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/32e8113ff819d6c89574471915798ec4.jpg?1648434552)
![Castle Rising](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/639fec989803858368c5e475ac063271.jpg?1582270511)
![Little St Mary's](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e2b2af5e3d95f4380814c69fd2625fa9.jpg?1582270511)
![Garret Hostel Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/38be896ed701834ee8735f9e0ddbd56d.jpg?1648495833)
![Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1e89da554b05005f2ae781a5de882042.jpg?1582270511)
![Bridge of Sighs](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c73faa61912e80d37ca8a8834962fdac.jpg?1582270511)
Covered arch bridge dating to 1831
![The Polar Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/21c6634889b9dde1520725da2a257f59.jpg?1582270511)
![Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/80f77cb3a2d84361fa430602e2540cb9.jpg?1582270511)
![Guildhall of St George](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1be87a6c1cbe1f294cf78f66e179d888.jpg?1641563646)
![Ickworth House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1db93350e1d216d9b62311df35b18b75.jpg?1582270511)
![Grime's Graves](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c4877dccc639a2dfeb1a1ad4b8d8ce9a.jpg?1582270511)
![Church of St Nicholas](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/358e79bf509bbd79feac66ab0f37730a.jpg?1582270511)
![Church of St Mary the Virgin](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/43f2ec6d56781dced95166fda0636806.jpg?1582270511)
![Houghton Mill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6138277413df167dc208eae39602aa59.jpg?1582270511)
![St James' Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5a245e3bbb085604b6a64f357a07ab62.jpg?1582270511)
![St Nicholas' Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d888495d78d7ff05e778c3537ccad234.jpg?1582270511)
![Hedingham Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/dbe07b6524a1e191f448b6502af052a0.jpg?1582270511)
![Holy Sepulchre](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e80b5c30fb724e63bf9d1d98f6f1167e.jpg?1582270511)
![Audley End House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9300e1df12a1e70dd5bc0212ef4da36a.jpg?1582270511)
17th-century country house and grounds
![King's Lynn Minster](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/eb5f840a41b137e021e4f15e96521eeb.jpg?1582270511)
![Kelmarsh Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/302b56839c63304acd8bb744a9664de5.jpg?1582270511)
![Whipple Museum of the History of Science](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/33a748f78cadf013fd2fc2e64fe31b3b.jpg?1582270511)
![Cambridge Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/93b77b34e8bd566a2d176d793593a56a.jpg?1582270511)
![Church of St Nicholas](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6d2432830506c724d9147839f27aba14.jpg?1582270511)
![Colne Valley Railway](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8897bea2569434377e2a2a2b15c05cb8.jpg?1582270511)
![Billing Aquadrome](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f555825c4e2df8eb3e0356a662d5202d.jpg?1582270511)
![Mathematical Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/15b13f1e2bd4f1161ab5d7706466efb8.jpg?1582270511)
Wooden footbridge with a unique design
![Cambridge Central Mosque](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/36097cf8337af7fe38c5b9043fc1a7e4.jpg?1648547060)
![Church of St Katharine](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8b54dd4e12746a763b6be217931c8cd1.jpg?1582270511)
![Downing Place United Reformed Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/199cf03529a4f4380ea939bdf4dddff3.jpg?1582270511)
![Holy Trinity Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d3b8a0f5bdca8d3ba725e5d79792e681.jpg?1582270511)