East Norfolk
East Norfolk was a proposed unitary authority area that was scheduled to be created in Norfolk, England, as part of ongoing local government reform.
East Norfolk was a proposed unitary authority area that was scheduled to be created in Norfolk, England, as part of ongoing local government reform. It would have been formed from four existing districts: Great Yarmouth, North Norfolk, Broadland less 19 parishes, and South Norfolk less 25 parishes.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around East Norfolk
10 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.
- 01Burgh 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.
3.8 km · Roman archaeological site · Wikipedia - 02Breydon 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.
1.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest at Great Yarmouth Norfolk · Wikipedia - 03Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach
The Pleasure Beach Great Yarmouth is an amusement park in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on England’s east coast. It opened in 1909.
2.5 km · Historic amusement park in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia - 04Great Yarmouth Minster
The Minster Church of St Nicholas is the minster and parish church of the town of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, England. It was built during the Norman era and is England's third largest parish church, behind Beverley Minster in East Yorkshire and Christchurch Priory in Dorset.
2.2 km · church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Lydia Eva
Lydia Eva is the last surviving steam drifter of the herring fishing fleet based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The Great Yarmouth herring fleet had made the town the major herring port in the world in the early part of the 20th century.
1.8 km · steam drifter ship, now used as a floating museum, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth
St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It is situated on Regent Road in the centre of the town.
2.4 km · catholic church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Joyland
Joyland is a historic free entry amusement park located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on the coast of East Anglia. The theme park opened in 1949 on the site of the former Anchor Gardens next to Britannia Pier.
2.7 km · historic amusement park in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia - 08Britannia Monument
The Britannia Monument is a commemorative column or tower built in memorial to Admiral Horatio Nelson, situated on the Denes, Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk, England. It was designated as a Grade I listed structure in 1953.
2.6 km · monument in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Gorleston Lighthouse
Gorleston Lighthouse is located near mouth of River Yare in the Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. The lighthouse was built in 1887.
3.8 km · lighthouse in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Breydon Bridge
The Breydon Bridge is a single-span drawbridge carrying the A47 Great Yarmouth bypass across the River Yare close to Breydon Water. It follows the route of the former railway Breydon Viaduct which was closed in 1953 and was demolished by 1963.
1.7 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to East Norfolk
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 128 km · London Luton (LTN), 162 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 175 km
- Stations
- Great Yarmouth railway station, 1.9 km · Gorleston-on-Sea railway station, 3.8 km · Yarmouth South Town railway station, 1.4 km · Gorleston North railway station, 1.9 km · Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour, 3.8 km
- London, Essex → East Norfolk15 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £1.5–2
- London → East Norfolk15 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £1.5–2
- Luton, Luton → East Norfolk144 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · £15–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for East Norfolk
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 East Norfolk. 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 East Norfolk – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to East Norfolk
- Great Yarmouthtown in Norfolk, England, UK2.4 km
- Gorleston-on-Seatown in Norfolk, England3.1 km
- Burgh Castlevillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England3.5 km
- Bradwellvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, UK2.9 km