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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
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The place

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.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    St 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
  2. 02
    How 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
  3. 03
    Swim 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
  4. 04
    Ant 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
  5. 05
    Ludham - 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
  6. 06
    Shallam 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
  7. 07
    How 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
  8. 08
    Neaves 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
  9. 09
    Alderfen 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
  10. 10
    Church 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 → Ludham
    175 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £19–26
  • London → Ludham
    175 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £19–26
  • Luton, Luton → Ludham
    162 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £17–23
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    239 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    298 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    458 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    539 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    570 km

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Next door to Ludham

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  • Repps with Bastwickcivil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom3.4 km
  • Catfieldvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.3 km
  • Irsteadvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.1 km
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