Pentney
Pentney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located about 8 miles (13 km) south east of King's Lynn, placing it about halfway between King's Lynn and Swaffham on the A47 road.
Pentney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located about 8 miles (13 km) south east of King's Lynn, placing it about halfway between King's Lynn and Swaffham on the A47 road. It covers an area of 10.39 km2 (4.01 sq mi) and had a population of 387 in 184 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 544 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is in the valley of the River Nar, a tributary of the River Great Ouse.
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Worth seeing in and around Pentney
2 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.
- 01East Winch Common
East Winch Common is a 26.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. It is common land and is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
2.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02East Walton and Adcock's Common
East Walton and Adcock's Common is a 62.4-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and part of Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation These commons have periglacial depressions separated by chalk ridges.
2.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pentney
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 92 km · London Luton (LTN), 110 km · East Midlands (EMA), 127 km
- Stations
- East Winch railway station, 3.7 km · Narborough and Pentney railway station, 2.2 km · Bilney railway station, 1.5 km
- London, Essex → Pentney140 km · quickest by road, 3h · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Pentney112 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £13–17
- London → Pentney140 km · quickest by road, 3h · £15–20
- 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 Pentney
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 Pentney. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inKing's Lynn town centre can be accessed from West Lynn on a small passenger ferry.
- Get inAlthough King's Lynn has an active port, there are no regular long-distance passenger ferries.
From Wikivoyage: King's Lynn, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Pentney
- Gaytonvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, UK4 km
- East Winchvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom3.6 km
- East Waltonvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, UK3.1 km
- Narboroughvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England3 km
- Marhamvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom4 km
- West Bilneyvillage in Norfolk, England, UK1.6 km