North Walsham & Dilham Canal

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The North Walsham and Dilham Canal is a waterway in the English county of Norfolk. It was authorised by Parliament in 1812, but work on the construction of a canal which ran parallel to a branch of the River Ant did not start until 1825. It included six locks, which were sized to accommodate wherries, and was officially opened in August 1826. It was 8.7 miles long and ran from two bone mills at Antingham to a junction with the River Ant at Smallburgh. It carried offal for the bone mills and agricultural products, as it proved cheaper to land coal on the beach at Mundesley and cart it overland than to use the canal. ()

Length: 5.41 miCoordinates: 52°48'12"N, 1°25'26"E

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North Walsham & Dilham Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Paston Way, The Museum of the Broads, Weavers' Way, St Nicholas Church.

2 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Paston Way, North Walsham
51 min walk • The Paston Way is a footpath. It is entirely within the English county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The footpath is twenty miles in length, the portals to the path are Cromer at its northwestern end and North Walsham at it southeastern end.
4.6 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
The Museum of the Broads, Norfolk Broads
118 min walk • The Museum of the Broads is an accredited museum and registered charity in Stalham, Norfolk, England. It describes its mission as being to "bring the story of the Broads alive". The Norfolk Broads are a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
3.7 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Weavers' Way, Stalham and Sutton
96 min walk • The Weavers' Way is a 61-mile long-distance footpath in Norfolk, England. Much of the Weavers’ Way footpath follows the old trackbed of the Aylsham to Great Yarmouth railway line operated by Midland and Great Northern Railway Company.
2 miNW
Church
St Nicholas Church, North Walsham
51 min walk • St Nicholas Church is a parish church in the Church of England in the centre of the Norfolk town of North Walsham. The building is a well known landmark, notable for its collapsed tower.
5.9 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Bure Valley Path
150 min walk • The Bure Valley Path is a 9-mile long walking trail and cycling trail in Norfolk, England. It runs alongside the Bure Valley Railway, a heritage railway from Wroxham to Aylsham.
3.4 miE
Church
Saint Mary
88 min walk • St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of East Ruston, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.6 miE
Park, Garden
East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens
92 min walk • East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens is a notable privately owned garden in the county of Norfolk at East Ruston in Eastern England. The gardens were established in 1973 by Alan Gray and Graham Robeson, who have created a 32-acre design which incorporates exuberant and innovative planting alongside a more traditional formal design.
3.9 miN
Memorial
Paston Great Barn, Norfolk Coast AONB
100 min walk • Paston Great Barn is a medieval barn near Paston Hall on the southeast edge of the village of Paston, in northeast Norfolk. It is owned by the North Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust. It dates from 1581 and is associated with the Paston family. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a grade II* Listed Building.
5.3 miE
Church
The Ingham Swan
135 min walk • Holy Trinity Church in Ingham, Norfolk, England has been designated as a Grade I listed building by Historic England. The tower dates from the 15th century.
4.4 miSE
Windmill
Hunsett Mill, Norfolk Broads
112 min walk • Hunsett Mill is located on the east bank of the River Ant one mile north of Barton Broad in the English county of Norfolk. The Windmill is 1.2 miles south west of the town of Stalham. The mill structure is a grade II listed building.
5.1 miN
52°52'35"N • 1°26'29"E
Mundesley Independent Lifeboat/Flood rescue, Mundesley
130 min walk • Museum

North Walsham & Dilham Canal

Facts and practical information

North Walsham & Dilham Canal plan & book

North Walsham & Dilham Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)