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Photo of the Broads, a National Park in eastern England.

The BroadsPhoto Christopher Kirk / Pexels

Places to explore near Beccles StationBeccles

29 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Broads, a National Park in eastern England.Iconic

The Broads

National Park near Ranworth

Britain's largest protected wetland — a watery maze of rivers, fens and windmills.

0.5 km W

Photo of Beccles Lido, a lido near Somerleyton in the Broads, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Beccles Lido

Lido near Somerleyton

A riverside lido on the Waveney, saved by local people in 2010 and now heated and open all year.

0.7 km W

Photo of Suffolk Coast & Heaths, a National Landscape in eastern England.Highlight

Suffolk Coast & Heaths

National Landscape near Framlingham

Shingle beaches, reedy estuaries and gorse heaths along a soft, low-lying coast made for gentle walking

5 km SE

Photo of Herringfleet Smock Mill, a windmill in the Broads, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Herringfleet Smock Mill

Windmill near Herringfleet

The last working full-size marsh drainage windmill in Britain, a black-tarred smock mill demonstrated on the Waveney levels.

8.1 km NE

Photo of Somerleyton, a village in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Somerleyton

Village

A picture-book Victorian estate village of thatched model cottages round a green, beside Somerleyton Hall and its gardens.

9.1 km NE · Suffolk

Photo of Somerleyton Hall, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Somerleyton Hall

House & garden near Somerleyton

A yew-hedge maze of the 1840s beside a mansion rebuilt for railway contractor Sir Morton Peto.

9.7 km NE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Angles Way, a 93-mile long-distance path running from Great Yarmouth to Thetford, eastern England.

Angles Way

Long-distance path

Great Yarmouth to Thetford up the Waveney and Little Ouse, along the quiet river border between Norfolk and Suffolk.

0.5 km W · Suffolk & Norfolk

Photo of the River Waveney, a river navigation running from Geldeston to Burgh Castle, eastern England.

River Waveney

River navigation

The Suffolk border river of the Broads, navigable from Geldeston Lock through Beccles and Oulton Dyke.

0.6 km NW · Suffolk

Photo of Raveningham Hall, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Loddon, Norfolk, eastern England.

Raveningham Hall

House & garden near Loddon

Gardens known for February snowdrops, with a walled kitchen garden and herb garden.

6.8 km N

St Olave's Priory

Priory near Somerleyton

The remains of a medieval priory in Norfolk.

9.6 km NE

Photo of Fritton Lake Country Park, a country park near Somerleyton, Suffolk, eastern England.

Fritton Lake Country Park

Country park near Somerleyton

A country park in Suffolk.

9.8 km NE

Photo of the River Chet, a 4-mile river navigation running from Loddon to Hardley Cross, eastern England.

River Chet

River navigation

A dyke-like little river of the southern Broads, from Loddon's staithe down to the Yare at Hardley Cross.

9.9 km N · Norfolk

Kessingland Country Park

Country park near Covehithe

A country park in Suffolk.

9.9 km SE

Everything else within 10 km (16) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.