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Burgh Castle

Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Burgh Castle
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The place

Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Great Yarmouth and 16 miles (26 km) east of Norwich. It is most notable for the Roman Saxon Shore fort also called Burgh Castle.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Burgh Castle

9 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.

  1. 01
    Burgh Castle Roman Site

    Burgh Castle is the site of one of nine Roman Saxon Shore forts constructed in England around the 3rd century AD, to hold troops as a defence against Saxon raids up the rivers of the east and south coasts of southern Britain. It is located on the summit of ground sloping steeply towards the estuary of the River Waveney, in the civil parish of Burgh Castle, in the county of Norfolk.

    300 m · Roman archaeological site · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Breydon Water

    Breydon Water is a 514.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. It is a Local Nature Reserve, a Ramsar site and a Special Protection Area.

    3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest at Great Yarmouth Norfolk · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Black Mill At Tg 467035

    Black Mill is a Grade II listed drainage mill at Belton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. It was built in the 1830s and worked by wind until c.1947.

    1.6 km · mill building in Belton with Browston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Six Mile House

    Six Mile House, Chedgrave Detached or Hewitt's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Chedgrave, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A drainage mill, it survives in a derelict condition with most of its machinery.

    2.7 km · house in Haddiscoe, South Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Pettingell's Mill (Seven Mile House)

    Pettingell's, or Seven Mile House Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Chedgrave, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A drainage mill, the derelict tower survives.

    3.6 km · building in Haddiscoe, South Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Caldecott Mill At Tg 465021

    Bell Hill or Caldecott Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Fritton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Built as a drainage mill in 1844, it worked until the 1930s.

    3 km · building in Fritton and St. Olaves, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Kerrisons Level Drainage Mill

    Keys, or Kerrison's Level Mill, is a Grade II listed tower mill at Halvergate, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Built in the 1700s, it was raised in 1895.

    3.9 km · building in Halvergate, Broadland, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    South Walsham Mill

    Howard's, or South Walsham Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Halvergate, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A drainage mill, it has been restored.

    2.7 km · mill building in Halvergate, Broadland, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Cadges Mill 160 Metres North East Of Seven Mile House

    Cadge's, Batchie's or Stimpson's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Reedham, Norfolk. Built in 1870, it worked until 1941.

    3.3 km · mill building in Reedham, Broadland, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Burgh Castle

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 124 km · London Luton (LTN), 159 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 175 km
Stations
Berney Arms railway station, 1.6 km
  • London, Essex → Burgh Castle
    171 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · £20–26
  • London → Burgh Castle
    171 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · £20–26
  • Luton, Luton → Burgh Castle
    162 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £18–24
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Burgh Castle

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 Burgh Castle. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    236 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    293 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    461 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    554 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    586 km

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