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Breckland District
Watton

Watton

Watton is a market town in the district of , England, about 25 miles west-southwest of and 15 miles northeast of . The annual Wayland Agricultural Show in its west is one of the oldest one-day such shows in England.
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  • Type: Town with 7,200 residents
  • Description: market town in the district of Breckland within the English county of Norfolk
  • Also known as: “Watton, Norfolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wayland Hall and The Crown Hotel.

Town hall
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Watton Town Hall, is a community events venue in Middle Street, Watton, Norfolk, England: the structure, which also accommodates a local history museum, is a grade II listed building.

Hotel
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Church
Photo: Bill Sibley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ovington and RAF Watton.

Village
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a civil parish in the English county of . It covers an area of 6.44 km2 and had a population of 239 in 92 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 256 in 101 households at the 2011 Census.

Locality
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Royal Air Force Watton or more simply is a former Royal Air Force station located 9 mi southwest of East Dereham, , . Opened in 1937 it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. is situated 1½ miles east of Watton.

Village
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is a civil parish in the English county of . It covers an area of 9.20 km2 and including had a population of 341 in 147 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 343 in 155 households at the 2011 Census. is situated 2½ miles south of Watton.

Watton

Latitude
52.56992° or 52° 34′ 12″ north
Longitude
0.82535° or 0° 49′ 31″ east
Population
7,200
Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WTT
Open location code
9F42HR9G+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21324010
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634662
Wiki­data ID
Q2396339
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Watton” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Watton (Norfolk)”
  • Basque: “Watton”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াট্টন”
  • Cebuano: “Watton (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Watton”
  • Chinese: “瓦頓”
  • Chinese: “瓦顿”
  • Dutch: “Watton”
  • French: “Watton”
  • German: “Watton”
  • Gujarati: “વોટન”
  • Irish: “Watton, Norfolk”
  • Irish: “Watton”
  • Italian: “Watton”
  • Japanese: “ワットン”
  • Kannada: “ವ್ಯಾಟನ್”
  • Korean: “와튼”
  • Ladin: “Watton”
  • Lithuanian: “Vatonas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Watton i Norfolk”
  • Persian: “واتون، نورفک”
  • Polish: “Watton”
  • Portuguese: “Watton”
  • Romanian: “Watton”
  • Russian: “Уоттон”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واتون، نورفک”
  • Spanish: “Watton”
  • Swedish: “Watton (parish)”
  • Swedish: “Watton”
  • Tamil: “வாட்டோன்”
  • Telugu: “వాట్టన్”
  • Turkish: “Watton, Norfolk”
  • Urdu: “واتٹن”
  • Volapük: “Watton”
  • Welsh: “Watton, Norfolk”
  • Welsh: “Watton”
  • “Watton”

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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 “Watton”. Photo: Deben Dave, CC BY-SA 3.0.