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Thurne

Thurne is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

The place

Thurne is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the River Thurne in The Broads, some 18 km (11 mi) west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 20 km (12 mi) east of the city of Norwich.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Thurne

8 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
    St Benet's Abbey

    St Benet's Abbey, also known as St Benet's at Holme or St Benet Hulme, was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict situated at Cow Holm in Horning, Norfolk, England. It lay on the River Bure within the Broads.

    1.9 km · abbey in Horning, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of All Saints, Billockby

    All Saints' Church is an Anglican church, partly ruined, near the villages of Billockby and Fleggburgh, Norfolk, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

    3.5 km · church building in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ludham - Potter Heigham Marshes

    Ludham - Potter Heigham Marshes is a 101.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. Part of the site is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and a National Nature Reserve.

    2.1 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Shallam Dyke Marshes, Thurne

    Shallam Dyke Marshes, Thurne is a 69.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. It is part of the Broadland Ramsar site and Special Protection Area, and The Broads Special Area of Conservation.

    800 m · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Upton Broad and Marshes

    Upton Broad and Marshes is a 195.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I and a larger area of 318-hectare is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.

    2.3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Catherine, Ludham

    St Catherine's Church is a Church of England church in Ludham, Norfolk. It is noted for its tympanum and rood screen, both painted and both pre-reformation survivals.

    2.8 km · church in Ludham, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Wisemans Mill At Tg 40921379

    Wiseman's Mill is a Grade II* listed drainage and former saw mill at Oby, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Built in 1753, it worked until 1933, then became derelict.

    2.1 km · mill building in Ashby with Oby, Great Yarmouth, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Clippesby Mill At TG 4092 1281

    Clippesby Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Ashby, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A drainage mill, it was converted to a basic weekend retreat in 1958, retaining most of its machinery.

    3.1 km · mill building in Ashby with Oby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Thurne

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 126 km · London Luton (LTN), 159 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 189 km
  • London, Essex → Thurne
    174 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · £19–25
  • London → Thurne
    174 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · £19–25
  • Luton, Luton → Thurne
    161 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £17–23
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Thurne

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 Thurne. 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
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    239 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    297 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    458 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    541 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    573 km

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