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Wighton

Wighton is a village and civil parish in the county of . The village is situated some 3.7 mi south of the town of , 7.5 mi north of the town of , and 28 mi north-west of the city of .
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  • Type: Village with 222 residents
  • Description: village in Norfolk, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Wighton, Norfolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of All Saints and Wighton Halt railway station.

Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: Svitapeneela, Public domain.
Wighton Halt is a railway station serving the small village of Wighton, . It is a public railway station, originally part of the standard gauge network, and now part of the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway.

Pub
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walsingham and Wells-next-the-Sea.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a civil parish in , England, notable for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. The parish also contains the ruins of two medieval monastic houses. is situated 2 miles south of Wighton.

Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on the north coast, with a population of 2165 in 2011. The chief attraction is Holkham Hall, and the coast is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Village
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the English county of . The village has also been referred to as Houghton-le-Dale or Houghton-in-the-Hole. is situated 3 miles south of Wighton.

Wighton

Latitude
52.92168° or 52° 55′ 18″ north
Longitude
0.88434° or 0° 53′ 4″ east
Population
222
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Open location code
9F42WVCM+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29282480
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2633938
Wiki­data ID
Q1931523
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Wighton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wighton”
  • Dutch: “Wighton”
  • French: “Wighton”
  • Irish: “Wighton”
  • Ladin: “Wighton”
  • Polish: “Wighton”
  • Swedish: “Wighton”
  • Turkish: “Wighton”
  • Welsh: “Wighton”
  • “Wighton”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wighton Methodist Church and Shrublands.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wighton”. Photo: Mike Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0.