Fordham War Memorial

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Fordham War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Fordham in Cambridgeshire in eastern England. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens with sculpture by Sir George Frampton and closely resembles Hove War Memorial in East Sussex, which was also a collaboration between Lutyens and Frampton. It was unveiled in 1921 and is today a grade II listed building. ()

Unveiled: 1921Coordinates: 52°18'41"N, 0°23'26"E

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Fordham War Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mildenhall Stadium, Newmarket Racecourse, Stour Valley Path, Palace House.

4.3 miN
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Mildenhall Stadium, Mildenhall
110 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.
5.6 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket
143 min walk • Newmarket Racecourse is a British Thoroughbred horse racing venue in Newmarket, Suffolk, comprising two individual racecourses: the Rowley Mile and the July Course.
4.9 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Stour Valley Path, Newmarket
125 min walk • The Stour Valley Path is a 96-kilometre long-distance footpath in Suffolk, England, from Newmarket to Cattawade, a village near Manningtree. The path follows the catchment area of the River Stour. The majority of the route forms part of European Path E2.
4.7 miS
Art gallery, Specialty museum, Shopping
Palace House, Newmarket
121 min walk • Palace House is the home of the National Horse Racing Museum in the remaining part of Charles II's racing palace in Newmarket, Suffolk, England.
5.8 miSW
Church
Church of St Cyriac and St Julitta
148 min walk • The Church of St Cyriac and St Julitta is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
5.5 miNE
Church
St Mary's Church, Mildenhall
141 min walk • St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Mildenhall, Suffolk.
4.6 miE
Outdoor activities, Golf
Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club, Bury St Edmunds
118 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.
3.7 miSW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Burwell Museum
94 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.
2.6 miNW
Monastery
Soham Baptist Church, Soham
67 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.
2.3 miN
Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Isleham Priory Church
59 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.
4.5 miW
Park
Wicken Fen
115 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.