West Acre
West Acre is a village and civil parish in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 14.49 km2 and had a population of 187 in 83 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 260 at the 2011 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 212 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “West Acre (parish)” and “West Acre, Norfolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of All Saints and Westacre Theatre.
Westacre Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westacre Theatre is a theater building.
Castle Acre Common
Grassland
Castle Acre Common is a 17.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. This unimproved grazing marsh on the banks of the River Nar has diverse grassland habitats, and the marshy conditions provide nesting sites for several wetland bird species.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Acre and Castle Acre.
South Acre
Village
South Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village has almost disappeared, but the remnants are located about 1 km south-west of Castle Acre, 8 km north of the town of Swaffham, 20 km east of the town of King's Lynn and 50 km west of the city of Norwich. South Acre is situated 2 miles east of West Acre.
Castle Acre
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. On the River Nar, it is 4 miles north of Swaffham and 26 miles west of Norwich. Castle Acre is situated 2½ miles east of West Acre.
Narborough
Village
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Narborough is a village of 1405 hectares in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, with a population of 1,094 at the 2011 census. It is situated in the Nar Valley, with the river Nar flowing through on its way to the River Great Ouse. Narborough is situated 2½ miles southwest of West Acre.
West Acre
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: West Acre, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.70588° or 52° 42′ 21″ northLongitude
0.63179° or 0° 37′ 54″ eastPopulation
212Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9F42PJ4J+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 29808921OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2634517Wikidata ID
Q7984233
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“West Acre” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Acre”
- Dutch: “West Acre, Norfolk”
- Dutch: “West Acre”
- French: “West Acre”
- Irish: “West Acre”
- Ladin: “West Acre”
- Polish: “West Acre”
- Swedish: “West Acre”
- Turkish: “West Acre”
- Welsh: “West Acre”
- “West Acre”
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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 “West Acre”. Photo: David, CC BY 2.0.