Hethel Old Thorn

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Hethel Old Thorn is a 0.025-hectare nature reserve south-west of Norwich in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. ()

Coordinates: 52°33'33"N, 1°12'5"E

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Hethel Old Thorn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Wymondham Abbey, Eaton Park, Danby Wood.

4.5 miN
Museum, Art museum, Art
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
114 min walk • The Sainsbury Centre is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. The building, which contains a collection of world art, was one of the first major public buildings to be designed by the architects Norman Foster and Wendy Cheesman, completed in 1978.
4 miW
Monastery, Church, Romanesque architecture
Wymondham Abbey, Wymondham
103 min walk • Wymondham Abbey is the Anglican parish church for the town of Wymondham in Norfolk, England. A wide range of services for worship take place, including different formats such as Messy Church, Sunday Sung Eucharist, Pram service, Morning Prayer and Evensong with Benediction.
4.8 miNE
Park, Scenic walking areas, View point
Eaton Park, Norwich
122 min walk • The Eaton Park Miniature Railway is situated in Eaton Park, in Norwich, Norfolk. Construction began in 1957 and the 365-foot loop of elevated 3+1⁄2 in and 5 in gauge track opened in May 1960, with public being carried on Summer Sundays.
4.3 miNE
Park, Nature and wildlife
Danby Wood, Norwich
111 min walk • Danby Wood is a 3.9-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Norwich in Norfolk. It is owned and managed by Norwich City Council. This semi-natural wood on a former chalk mine has many hills, hollows and banks. Broadleaved trees include oaks, limes, sycamores and two walnuts.
3.7 miW
Park
Toll's Meadow, Wymondham
95 min walk • Toll's Meadow, Wymondham is a 1.7-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Wymondham in Norfolk. It is owned by Wymondham Town Council and managed by Wymondham Town Council and Norfolk County Council.
2.7 miNW
Tree
Kett's Oak
71 min walk • Kett's Oak is one of the 50 Great British Trees. The ancient oak tree is located at the side of the B1172 road between Wymondham and Hethersett in Norfolk, England. The tree is the traditional location where in 1549 Robert Kett and his brother William addressed a group of men in what was to become Kett's Rebellion.
3.3 miNE
Village, Area
Cringleford, Norwich
85 min walk • Cringleford is a parish and village in Norfolk, England on the banks of the River Yare on the outskirts of Norwich. The village is in the South Norfolk local government district and is part of the Norfolk South Parliamentary constituency.
4.5 miS
52°29'39"N • 1°11'48"E
Norfolk Tank Museum, Long Stratton
115 min walk • Art museum, Museum
3.8 miS
52°30'14"N • 1°11'28"E
Forncett Industrial Steam Museum, Long Stratton
98 min walk • Specialty museum, Science museum, History museum
4.1 miNE
Park
Marston Marsh, Norwich
105 min walk • Marston Marsh is a Local Nature Reserve in southwest Norwich, Norfolk, England.
4.1 miNE
Park
Marston Marshes, Norwich
104 min walk • Marston Marshes is a 25.9-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Norwich in Norfolk. It is owned and managed by Norwich City Council. This site in the flood plain of the River Yare has marshes, fen, dykes, scrub, wet woodland, dry grassland and five ponds.