Diss
Diss is a market town and civil parish in the district of South Norfolk in Norfolk, England.

Diss is a market town and civil parish in the district of South Norfolk in Norfolk, England. It is near to the boundary with Suffolk. It had a population of 7,572 in 2011. It lies in the valley of the river Waveney, around a mere covering 6 acres (2.4 ha) and up to 18 feet (5.5 m) deep, although there is another 51 feet (16 m) of mud.
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Worth seeing in and around Diss
6 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.
- 01St 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.
1.9 km · church in Frenze, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St 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.
4.5 km · church in Shimpling, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Shelfanger 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".
2.5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary the Virgin
St Mary's Church is the parish church of Wortham in Suffolk, England, and in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is a round-tower church; the tower is said to be the largest such in England.
3.6 km · Grade I listed church in Wortham, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Corn 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.
400 m · house in Diss, South Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Bressingham Steam and Gardens
Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a steam museum and gardens located at Bressingham, west of Diss in Norfolk, England. The site has several narrow gauge rail lines and a number of types of steam engines and vehicles in its collection and is also the home of a Dad's Army exhibition.
3.5 km · Museum/various trains and visitor gardens in Norfolk · Wikipedia
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Getting to Diss
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 81 km · London Luton (LTN), 115 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 148 km
- Stations
- Diss railway station, 1.4 km · Burston railway station, 4 km
- London, Essex → Diss128 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £15–20
- London → Diss128 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Diss118 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Diss
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 Diss. 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 Diss – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Diss
- Winfarthingvillage in Norfolk, England, UK5.3 km
- Gissingvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, UK5.9 km
- Scolevillage in South Norfolk, England, UK3.7 km
- Shelfangervillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.3 km
- Bressinghamvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK4.8 km
- Palgravevillage in Suffolk, England2 km