Burston Strike School, Diss

Name: Burston Strike School
Address: Diss, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Diss

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The Burston Strike School was founded as a consequence of a school strike and became the centre of the longest running strike in British history, that lasted from 1914 to 1939 in the village of Burston in Norfolk, England. Today, the building stands as a museum to the strike. Every year hundreds of people turn up for a rally to commemorate the 25-year strike over the jobs of Annie Higdon and her husband. ()

Coordinates: 52°24'17"N, 1°8'23"E

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Burston Strike School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bressingham Steam & Gardens, Banham Zoo, 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Billingford Windmill.

3.9 miW
Museum, Specialty museum, Garden
Bressingham Steam & Gardens, Diss
101 min walk • Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a steam museum and gardens located at Bressingham, west of Diss in Norfolk, England. The site has several narrow gauge rail lines and a number of types of steam engines and vehicles in its collection and is also the home of the national Dad's Army exhibition.
5.5 miNW
Park, Outdoor activities, Zoo
Banham Zoo, Attleborough
139 min walk • Banham Zoo is a 50-acre zoo in Banham, Norfolk, England. The zoo itself, which today is home to more than 2,000 animals, opened to the public in 1968, became a charity in 2013, and has since been often awarded the prize of Norfolk's Top Attraction, by numerous different...
3.3 miE
Museum
100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Diss
85 min walk • The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, located in the original control tower and other remaining buildings of the RAF Thorpe Abbotts airfield east of Diss in Norfolk is dedicated to the American soldiers and members of the US 8th Air Force who fought with the Allies in Norfolk in World War II.
3.4 miSE
Windmill
Billingford Windmill
87 min walk • Billingford Windmill is a grade II* listed brick tower mill at Billingford near Diss, Norfolk, England which has been preserved and restored to working order. As of June 2009, the mill is under repair, with new sails being made.
6.5 miSE
Forts and castles
Wingfield Castle
165 min walk • Wingfield Castle in the parish of Wingfield in Suffolk, England is a fortified manor house which was the ancestral home of the Wingfield family and their heirs, the de la Pole family, created Earls and Dukes of Suffolk. It is now a private house.
5.8 miSW
Church
St Mary's Church
149 min walk • St Mary's Church is the redundant Church of England parish church of the village of Redgrave, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade I listed building. and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church is on a rise about 3⁄4 mile east of the village.
6.7 miNW
Windmill
Old Buckenham Windmill
171 min walk • Old Buckenham Windmill is a tower flour mill which stands in the village of Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England. It is a Grade II* listed building, notable for being the largest diameter windmill in the country.
5.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Buckenham Castle
142 min walk • Old Buckenham Castle and Buckenham Castle are two castles adjacent respectively to the villages of Old Buckenham and New Buckenham, Norfolk, England.
1.3 miE
Church
St George's Church
32 min walk • St George's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Shimpling, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.3 miSW
52°22'38"N • 1°6'31"E
Diss Museum, Diss
59 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
1.7 miS
Church
St Andrew's Church
44 min walk • St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Scole, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.