Irstead
Irstead is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barton Turf, in the North Norfolk district, in the English county of Norfolk.

Irstead is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barton Turf, in the North Norfolk district, in the English county of Norfolk. It is 6.3 miles (10.1 km) north of Acle and 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Norwich, along the River Ant.
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Worth seeing in and around Irstead
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.
- 01Barton Broad
Barton Broad is a large lake that forms part of the River Ant which gives its name to a 164-hectare nature reserve north-east of Norwich in Norfolk. The reserve is owned and managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
1.1 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02St Michael and All Angels Church, Barton Turf
St Michael and All Angels is the Church of England parish church of Barton Turf in the county of Norfolk in England. See Inside here.
2.6 km · Grade I listed church in Barton Turf, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03How Hill House
How Hill House is a large Edwardian house in How Hill, an area of Ludham parish, Norfolk, England. The house overlooks the River Ant and is within the Broads National Park.
1.5 km · house in Ludham, North Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
The Royal Air Force Air Defence Radar Museum is a museum on the site of the former Royal Air Force radar and control base RAF Neatishead, close to the village of Horning in Norfolk, England. The museum's exhibitions cover the history of air defence in the United Kingdom, in particular the development of radar from the 1930s until the end of the Cold War.
2.6 km · military museum in Norfolk, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Alderfen Broad
Alderfen Broad is a 21.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
1.4 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Ant Broads and Marshes
Ant Broads and Marshes is a 745.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. Most of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, and it is part of the Broadland Ramsar and Special Protection Area, and The Broads Special Area of Conservation.
1.1 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Catherine, Ludham
St Catherine's Church is a Church of England church in Ludham, Norfolk. It is noted for its tympanum and rood screen, both painted and both pre-reformation survivals.
3.1 km · church in Ludham, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08How Hill Mill
How Hill Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Ludham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. It was built in 1825 and has been converted to residential use.
1.5 km · mill building in Ludham, North Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Neaves Mill At Tg 36451759
Neave's or Kittle's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Horning, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A drainage mill built c.1870, it has been conserved by the Norfolk Windmills Trust.
2.8 km · mill building in Horning, North Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Irstead
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 127 km · London Luton (LTN), 159 km · East Midlands (EMA), 191 km
- Stations
- Catfield railway station, 3.1 km
- London, Essex → Irstead176 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · £19–25
- London → Irstead176 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · £19–25
- Luton, Luton → Irstead161 km · quickest by road, 3h · £17–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Irstead
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 Irstead. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Irstead
- Horningvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England4 km
- Ludhamvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.2 km
- Barton Turfvillage in Norfolk, England, UK2.4 km
- Catfieldvillage in Norfolk, England, UK2.6 km
- Neatisheadvillage in Norfolk, England, UK2.4 km
- Ludham Bridgehamlet in Norfolk, England, UK3.3 km