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Shelfanger

Shelfanger is a village situated about 3 miles from the town of Diss, Norfolk, England.

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The place

Shelfanger is a village situated about 3 miles from the town of Diss, Norfolk, England. There is a church and a village hall in the village. It covers an area of 6.99 km2 (2.70 sq mi) and had a population of 362 in 150 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 378 at the 2011 census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Shelfanger

3 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
    Shelfanger Meadows

    Shelfanger Meadows is a 10.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Diss in Norfolk, England. This site in the valley of a tributary of the River Waveney is described by Natural England as "one of the most important areas of unimproved grassland in Norfolk".

    900 m · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Corn Hall

    The Corn Hall is a commercial building in St Nicholas Street, Diss, Norfolk, England. The structure, which is now used as an arts centre, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.7 km · house in Diss, South Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Bressingham Steam and Gardens

    Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a steam museum and gardens located at Bressingham, west of Diss in Norfolk, England. The site has several narrow gauge rail lines and a number of types of steam engines and vehicles in its collection and is also the home of a Dad's Army exhibition.

    3.9 km · Museum/various trains and visitor gardens in Norfolk · Wikipedia

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Getting to Shelfanger

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 83 km · London Luton (LTN), 116 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 149 km
Stations
Burston railway station, 3.8 km
  • London, Essex → Shelfanger
    131 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £15–20
  • London → Shelfanger
    131 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £15–20
  • Luton, Luton → Shelfanger
    119 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £13–18
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Shelfanger

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 Shelfanger. 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
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    253 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    278 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    420 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    538 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    571 km

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Around it

Next door to Shelfanger

  • Disstown in Norfolk, England3.3 km
  • Winfarthingvillage in Norfolk, England, UK2 km
  • Roydonvillage and civil parish in South Norfolk, United Kingdom3.5 km
  • Heywoodcivil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom1.8 km
  • Burston and Shimplingcivil parish in Norfolk, England, UK3.8 km
  • Burstonvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.8 km