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Burston

Burston is a village in the civil parish of Burston and Shimpling, in the South Norfolk district, in Norfolk, England.

The place

Burston is a village in the civil parish of Burston and Shimpling, in the South Norfolk district, in Norfolk, England. It is 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) north-east of Diss and 16 miles (26 km) south-west of Norwich.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Burston

4 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
    St George's Church, Shimpling

    St George's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Shimpling, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    1.2 km · church in Shimpling, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Andrew's Church, Frenze

    St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Scole, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    2.4 km · church in Frenze, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Corn Hall

    The Corn Hall is a commercial building in St Nicholas Street, Diss, Norfolk, England. The structure, which is now used as an arts centre, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.8 km · house in Diss, South Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Shelfanger Meadows

    Shelfanger Meadows is a 10.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Diss in Norfolk, England. This site in the valley of a tributary of the River Waveney is described by Natural England as "one of the most important areas of unimproved grassland in Norfolk".

    3.5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia

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Getting to Burston

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 85 km · London Luton (LTN), 119 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 151 km
Stations
Diss railway station, 3.4 km · Burston railway station, 600 m
  • London, Essex → Burston
    132 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £15–21
  • London → Burston
    132 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £15–21
  • Luton, Luton → Burston
    121 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £13–18
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Burston

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 Burston. 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
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    255 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    275 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    423 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    542 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    575 km

If you know how people move in Burston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Burston

  • Disstown in Norfolk, England3.5 km
  • Gissingvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, UK2.9 km
  • Scolevillage in South Norfolk, England, UK3.8 km
  • Shelfangervillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.8 km
  • Dickleburghvillage in Norfolk, England, UK2.4 km
  • Heywoodcivil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom2.8 km