Wiveton Downs, Blakeney

Name: Wiveton Downs
Address: Blakeney, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Blakeney

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Wiveton Downs is a 28.9-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Wiveton, west of Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site, and an area of 6.5-hectare is a Local Nature Reserve. It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ()

Elevation: 141 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°56'38"N, 1°0'43"E

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Blakeney United Kingdom

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Wiveton Downs – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Nicholas, The Shell Museum, Glandford Watermill, Blakeney Windmill.

0.7 miNE
Church
St Nicholas, Blakeney
19 min walk • St Nicholas is the Anglican parish church of Blakeney, Norfolk, in the deanery of Holt and the Diocese of Norwich. The church was founded in the 13th century, but the greater part of the church dates from the 15th century when Blakeney was a seaport of some importance.
1.4 miSE
Museum
The Shell Museum
37 min walk • The Shell Museum in Glandford, Norfolk is the oldest museum in the county and holds one of the country's largest collections of sea shells. It was founded by Alfred Jodrell. As well as sea shells it contains articles made out of shells, fossils, bird eggs and local archaeological finds. It also has a collection of work by John Craske.
1.4 miSE
Watermill
Glandford Watermill, Norfolk Coast AONB
36 min walk • Glandford watermill is situated on the River Glaven a little north of the village of Glandford within the English county of Norfolk. Glandford is in the civil parish of Wiveton within the district of North Norfolk.
0.9 miNE
Windmill
Blakeney Windmill, Blakeney
24 min walk • Blakeney Tower Windmill, built in 1769, is located on Friar Farm just to the east of the village of Blakeney in the English county of Norfolk. The mill, which today is owned by the National Trust, stands in a static caravan site. The building has been evaluated due to its historic interest as a Grade II listed building.
1.2 miNE
Vernacular architecture
Wiveton Hall, Blakeney
31 min walk • Wiveton Hall is a country house in Wiveton, Norfolk, England. It is Grade II* listed. It was built in 1652 and extended in 1908. However there are remains of an older building in the garden which could date back to 1280. It was the residence of many notable people over the next three centuries and is now the home of the MacCarthy family.