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South Acre

South Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

South Acre
South Acre · Wikimedia Commons
The place

South Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village has almost disappeared, but the remnants are located about 1 km (0.62 mi) south-west of Castle Acre, 8 km (5.0 mi) north of the town of Swaffham, 20 km (12 mi) east of the town of King's Lynn and 50 km (31 mi) west of the city of Norwich. The River Nar flows between South Acre and Castle Acre.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around South Acre

5 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
    Castle Acre Castle

    Castle Acre Castle and town walls are a set of ruined medieval defences built in the village of Castle Acre, Norfolk. The castle was built soon after the Norman Conquest by William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey, at the intersection of the River Nar and the Peddars Way.

    1.4 km · Grade I listed castle in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Castle Acre Priory

    Castle Acre Priory was a Cluniac priory in the village of Castle Acre, Norfolk, England, dedicated to St Mary, St Peter, and St Paul. It is thought to have been founded in 1089 by William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey.

    700 m · Grade I listed priory in Castle Acre, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    West Acre Priory

    West Acre Priory of St. Mary and All Saints was a medieval monastic house at West Acre in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district of Norfolk, England founded c.1100 by the de Toni family.

    3 km · Grade I listed building in West Acre, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Castle Acre Bailey Gate

    Castle Acre Castle and town walls are a set of ruined medieval defences built in the village of Castle Acre, Norfolk. The castle was built soon after the Norman Conquest by William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey, at the intersection of the River Nar and the Peddars Way.

    1.2 km · Grade I listed building in Castle Acre, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Castle Acre Common

    Castle Acre Common is a 17.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. This unimproved grazing marsh on the banks of the River Nar has diverse grassland habitats, and the marshy conditions provide nesting sites for several wetland bird species.

    1 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia

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Getting to South Acre

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 95 km · London Luton (LTN), 116 km · East Midlands (EMA), 136 km
  • London, Essex → South Acre
    143 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £15–20
  • Luton, Luton → South Acre
    117 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £13–18
  • London → South Acre
    143 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £15–20
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for South Acre

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 South Acre. 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

    262 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    295 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    403 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    496 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    529 km

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