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Gressenhall

Gressenhall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, along the course of the River Nar.

Gressenhall
Gressenhall · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Gressenhall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, along the course of the River Nar.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gressenhall

8 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
    Beetley and Hoe Meadows

    Beetley and Hoe Meadows is an 11.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Dereham in Norfolk, United Kingdom. The site is in two nearby areas, and Hoe Meadow is part of Hoe Rough nature reserve, which is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust This site is described by Natural England as "one of the finest remaining areas of wet unimproved grassland in Norfolk".

    2.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Potter and Scarning Fens, East Dereham

    Potter and Scarning Fens, East Dereham is a 6.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Dereham in Norfolk, England. It is part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation.

    3.8 km · site of special scientific interest in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Scarning Fen

    Scarning Fen is a 4-hectare nature reserve west in Dereham in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.

    3.7 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Dillington Carr

    Dillington Carr is a 55-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Dereham in Norfolk, England. This valley, which lies along a tributary of the River Wensum, has extensive irrigation reservoirs and areas of carr woodland.

    1 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Dereham Rush Meadow

    Dereham Rush Meadow is a 22.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Dereham in Norfolk, England. This is an area of grassland and alder carr in the valley of a tributary of the River Wensum.

    1.6 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Dereham in Norfolk · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Holly Farm Meadow, Wendling

    Holly Farm Meadow, Wendling is a 2.6 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Dereham in Norfolk, England. The meadow lies in the valley of the River Wensum and contains a line of calcareous springs that support fen grassland with a diverse flora.

    3.4 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Honeypot Wood

    Honeypot Wood is a 9.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Dereham in Norfolk, England. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.

    3.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse

    Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse is a museum of rural life and former workhouse in the village of Gressenhall, Norfolk. It also houses a traditional working farm, a collection of art and artefacts, and a library and archive.

    2.1 km · museum in Gressenhall, Breckland, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gressenhall

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 101 km · London Luton (LTN), 126 km · East Midlands (EMA), 151 km
Stations
Dereham railway station, 3.8 km · Wendling railway station, 3.7 km
  • London, Essex → Gressenhall
    151 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £16–21
  • London → Gressenhall
    151 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £16–21
  • Luton, Luton → Gressenhall
    129 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £14–19
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gressenhall

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are no passenger ferry terminals in Norfolk.
  • Get inGreater Anglia, Stena Line and Nederlandse Spoorwegen run a "Rail and Sail to Holland" deal, which includes travel to any Greater Anglia station from Harwich International Port, following the ferry trip from Hook of Holland.

From Wikivoyage: Norfolk (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    270 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    280 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    418 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    507 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    540 km

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

Around it

Next door to Gressenhall

  • Derehamtown in Norfolk, England3.2 km
  • Beetleyvillage in Norfolk, England, UK2.2 km
  • Wendlingvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom3.9 km
  • Longhamvillage in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom2 km
  • Scarningvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.1 km
  • Hoevillage in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom3.7 km