Pembroke

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Pembroke is a small historic town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Pembroke is a South Shore suburb of the Boston metropolitan area. The town is located about halfway between Boston and Cape Cod. As of 2021, the median home value in Pembroke was $529,000. The population was 18,361 at the 2020 census. ()

Alternative names: Settled: 1650Area: 23.5 mi²Coordinates: 42°6'11"N, 70°47'38"W

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Pembroke – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hanover Crossing, John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites, Art Complex Museum, Capt. Benjamin James House.

3.8 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Hanover Crossing, Hanover
98 min walk • Hanover Crossing is a retail area under redevelopment, with Macy's as the only anchor remaining open. It's on the site of the Hanover Mall, which was a one-story, enclosed shopping mall and soon to be a combined open-air retail, entertainment and lifestyle space and residential development in Hanover, Massachusetts.
6.8 miSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites, Duxbury
175 min walk • The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States.
6.8 miSE
Museum, Art museum
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury
174 min walk • The Art Complex Museum, located in Duxbury, Massachusetts, south of Boston, serves as a regional arts center and houses the collection of the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser family. The museum, situated on over 13 acres of woodland and open fields, opened in 1971.
5.7 miNE
Museum
Capt. Benjamin James House, Scituate
147 min walk • The Capt. Benjamin James House is a historic First Period house, now a museum, at 301 Driftway in Scituate, Massachusetts. The oldest part of this 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame house was built c. 1700 by Captain Benjamin James.
1.4 miNW
Church
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Hanover
35 min walk • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is an historic church located in Hanover, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1725 in what is now known as Norwell, an area that was then part of Scituate. It is one of the oldest parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
5.5 miN
Gothic Revival architecture
Woodworth House, Scituate
141 min walk • The Woodworth House, also known as the Old Oaken Bucket Homestead, is a historic house at 47 Old Oaken Bucket Road in Scituate, Massachusetts.
7 miSE
Museum, History museum
Bradford House, Duxbury
179 min walk • The Capt. Gershom Bradford House is an historic house in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1807 by Captain Gershom Bradford. The main block has a side-gable roof, and is five bays wide and two deep.
2.7 miW
Specialty museum, Museum
Stetson House, Hanover
70 min walk • The Stetson House is a historic house at Hanover Street in Hanover, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story frame house was built c. 1716 by Samuel "Drummer" Stetson and was occupied by the Stetson family until at least the 1860s.
4 miN
42°9'40"N • 70°47'37"W
James Library & Center for the Arts, Norwell
103 min walk • Art gallery, Architecture, Shopping
7.1 miSE
Cemetery
Mayflower Cemetery, Plymouth
181 min walk • Mayflower Cemetery is a town-owned cemetery in Duxbury, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The first grave was of Stephen Russell in 1787 and the first engraved stone was of Ichabod Sampson in 1788. The Duxbury Crematory, also owned by the town, is located on the cemetery grounds.
4.6 miSW
Town
Hanson
117 min walk • Hanson is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Part of Greater Boston, Hanson is located 20 miles south of Boston and is one of the inland towns of the South Shore. The population was 10,639 at the 2020 census.