Ludham
Ludham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, in the Norfolk Broads, at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the River Thurne.

Ludham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, in the Norfolk Broads, at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the River Thurne. It lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the East of Ludham Bridge, which is on the River Ant, and approximately 15 miles (24 km) east-northeast of Norwich.
It covers an area of 12.18 km2 (4.70 sq mi) and had a population of 1,301 in 582 households at the 2001 census, the population reducing to 1,278 at the 2011 census.
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Ludham
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.
- 01St Benet's Abbey
St Benet's Abbey, also known as St Benet's at Holme or St Benet Hulme, was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict situated at Cow Holm in Horning, Norfolk, England. It lay on the River Bure within the Broads.
2.8 km · abbey in Horning, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02How 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.
1.8 km · house in Ludham, North Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Swim Coots Mill
Swim Coots Mill is a tower mill at Catfield, Norfolk, England which has been conserved with some machinery remaining.
3.6 km · tower mill in Catfield, North Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Ant 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.
3.9 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 05Ludham - Potter Heigham Marshes
Ludham - Potter Heigham Marshes is a 101.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. Part of the site is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and a National Nature Reserve.
1.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Shallam Dyke Marshes, Thurne
Shallam Dyke Marshes, Thurne is a 69.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. It is part of the Broadland Ramsar site and Special Protection Area, and The Broads Special Area of Conservation.
2.1 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 07How 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.
1.7 km · mill building in Ludham, North Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Neaves 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.
2.6 km · mill building in Horning, North Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Alderfen 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.
3.7 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Church 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.
200 m · church in Ludham, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ludham
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 127 km · London Luton (LTN), 159 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 191 km
- London, Essex → Ludham175 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £19–26
- London → Ludham175 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £19–26
- Luton, Luton → Ludham162 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £17–23
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ludham
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 Ludham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Ludham
- Potter Heighamvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK2.7 km
- Thurnevillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK2.9 km
- Repps with Bastwickcivil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom3.4 km
- Catfieldvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.3 km
- Irsteadvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.1 km
- Reppsvillage in Norfolk, England3.4 km