Whissonsett
Whissonsett is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Whissonsett is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 5.0 miles (8.0 km) south of Fakenham, 23 miles (37 km) west-north-west of Norwich and 112 miles (180 km) north-north-east of London. The nearest railway station is at King's Lynn for the Fen Line which runs between King's Lynn and Cambridge. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The parish had in 2001 census, a population of 483 in 206 households, increasing to a population of 488 in 209 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland. The village lies close to the source of the River Wensum.
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Worth seeing in and around Whissonsett
2 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.
- 01Horningtoft Wood
Horningtoft Wood is a 8.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Fakenham in Norfolk, England. This ancient coppice with standards wood on boulder clay has exceptionally diverse ground flora with several rare species.
2.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 02Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill, Colkirk, Norfolk is a high point, once the site of a beacon forming part of a chain from the North Norfolk Coast to London. The approximate location of the beacon is two kilometres to the west of the village of Colkirk, N52:48:15 E0:49:29.
3.6 km · hill near Fakenham, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Whissonsett
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 107 km · London Luton (LTN), 130 km · East Midlands (EMA), 146 km
- London, Essex → Whissonsett155 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £17–22
- London → Whissonsett155 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £17–22
- Luton, Luton → Whissonsett131 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £15–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Whissonsett
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 Whissonsett. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Whissonsett
- Colkirkvillage in Norfolk, England, UK2.8 km
- Gateleyvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK4 km
- Stanfieldvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK3.5 km
- Horningtoftvillage in Norfolk, England, UK1.6 km
- Brisleyvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.7 km
- Tittleshallvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.7 km