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Wighton
Village in Norfolk, England

Wighton

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

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The village is situated some 3.7 mi (6.0 km) south of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea, 7.5 mi (12.1 km) north of the town of Fakenham, and 28 mi (45 km) north-west of the city of Norwich. The medieval pilgrimage centre of Walsingham lies 3 km (1.9 mi) to the south.

How locals move

Getting around Wighton the local way

  • Get inThe route follows mainly minor roads and some off-road paths along the coastline, and is signposted: from the south: Norwich and Dover, Kent from the west: King's Lynn and Tain, Highland.
  • Get aroundMost parts of Wells are accessible on foot, using pavements, off-road footpaths or shopping streets.
  • Get aroundWells Beach is over a mile to the north of Wells Quay, accessible using off-road footpaths, with its own car park.

From Wikivoyage: Wells-next-the-Sea, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: William Arthur (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.