Breckland
Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Breckland_Forest Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.
Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Breckland_Forest Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a landscape region it is an unusual natural habitat of England. It comprises the gorse-covered sandy heath that lies mostly in the south of the county of Norfolk but also in the north of Suffolk. An area of considerable interest for its unusual flora and fauna, it lies to the east of another unusual habitat, the Fens, and to the south west of the Broads. The typical tree of this area is the Scots pine. Breckland is one of the driest areas in England.
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Worth seeing in and around Breckland
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stanford Training Area SSSI
Stanford Training Area SSSI is part of the British Army Stanford Training Area. It is a 4,678-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Thetford in Norfolk, England.
1.7 km · British Army training and nature conservation site · Wikipedia - 02Wretham Park Meres
Wretham Park Meres is a 30-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Thetford in Norfolk, England. This site consists of four natural lakes, Mickle Mere, Hill Mere, Rush Mere and West Mere, which provide a breeding habitat for wildfowl such as mallards, gadwalls, shovelers, tufted ducks and teal.
2.9 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 03Stanford Training Area
The Stanford Training Area, originally known as the Stanford Battle Area, is a British Army training area in the English county of Norfolk.
2.4 km · British training ground · Wikipedia
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Getting to Breckland
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 77 km · London Luton (LTN), 104 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 142 km
- London, Essex → Breckland135 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Breckland113 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £13–17
- London → Breckland135 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £15–20
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No local-transport research exists yet for Breckland
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Breckland. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Breckland – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Breckland
- Stanfordvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.2 km
- Tottingtonvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.2 km