South Wootton
South Wootton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of King's Lynn.
South Wootton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of King's Lynn.
It covers an area of 8.54 km2 (3.30 sq mi) and had a population of 3,717 in 1,450 households at the 2001 Census, increasing at the 2011 Census to a population of 4,247 in 1,696 households.
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
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Worth seeing in and around South Wootton
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.
- 01Castle Rising Castle
Castle Rising is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Castle Rising, Norfolk, England. It was built soon after 1138 by William d'Aubigny II, who had risen through the ranks of the Anglo-Norman nobility to become the Earl of Arundel.
2.3 km · castle in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02The Walks
The Walks is the premier urban park in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
4 km · park in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Grimston Warren Pit
Grimston Warren Pit is a 6.6-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
2.6 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 04Roydon Common
Roydon Common is a 194.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. It is also a Grade I Nature Conservation Review site, a National Nature Reserve and a Ramsar site.
4 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 05True's Yard Museum
True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum is a social history museum in King's Lynn, Norfolk. It is an independent museum run almost entirely by volunteers and depicts the story of the old North End fishing quarter of King's Lynn.
3.9 km · social history museum in King's Lynn, Norfolk · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Wootton
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 100 km · London Luton (LTN), 115 km · East Midlands (EMA), 119 km
- Stations
- King's Lynn railway station, 3.9 km · King's Lynn Docks, 4 km
- London, Essex → South Wootton146 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £16–21
- Luton, Luton → South Wootton115 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £13–17
- London → South Wootton146 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £16–21
- 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 South Wootton
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 Wootton. 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 South Wootton
- Castle Risingvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England2.5 km
- North Woottonvillage and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England800 m
- Babingleyhamlet in Norfolk, United Kingdom3.6 km
- Gaywoodsuburb in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK3 km
- North Lynnsuburb in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK2.6 km
- Fairsteadsuburb in King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK3 km