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Tacolneston

Tacolneston is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk with a population of around 700, measured at the 2011 census as a population of 825.

The place

Tacolneston is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk with a population of around 700, measured at the 2011 census as a population of 825. Its name occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book as Tacoluestuna and is theorized to come from Anglo-Saxon Tātwulfes tūn, meaning "Tātwulf's farmstead", via an old handwriting misread 'n' for 'u'.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tacolneston

6 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
    Norfolk Tank Museum

    The Norfolk Tank Museum is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles in Norfolk, East England. It is located just outside the village of Forncett St.

    3.3 km · military museum in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Peter

    St Peter's is one of seven churches in the parish of Upper Tas Valley All Saints in south Norfolk, ten miles south of Norwich, England. The full name is St Peter's and St Paul's, commonly known as St Peter's, and this was formerly the parish church for Forncett St Peter.

    3.1 km · Grade I listed church in Forncett St Peter, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Lower Wood, Ashwellthorpe

    Lower Wood, Ashwellthorpe is a 37.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Wymondham in Norfolk, England. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.

    3.1 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Aslacton Parish Land

    Aslacton Parish Land is a 4.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Long Stratton in Norfolk, England. This site has wet and dry unimproved meadows with a rich flora.

    3.5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Forncett Meadows

    Forncett Meadows is a 5.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Long Stratton in Norfolk, England. This site in the valley of the River Tas has a variety of grassland types due to variations in soil and wetness and a long history of management by non-intensive grazing.

    3.3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Tacolneston Hall

    Tacolneston Hall, in the village of Tacolneston in the county of Norfolk, is a Queen Anne house, listed Grade II*. From the 1780's it was the home of the Boileau baronets, a baronetcy created in 1838.

    700 m · country house in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tacolneston

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 94 km · London Luton (LTN), 126 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 160 km
  • London, Essex → Tacolneston
    142 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £15–21
  • London → Tacolneston
    142 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £15–21
  • Luton, Luton → Tacolneston
    128 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–18
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tacolneston

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 Tacolneston. 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

    264 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    270 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    427 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    534 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    566 km

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