Watton
Watton is a market town in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about 25 miles west-southwest of Norwich and 15 miles northeast of Thetford. The annual Wayland Agricultural Show in its west is one of the oldest one-day such shows in England.- Type: Town with 7,200 residents
- Description: market town in the district of Breckland within the English county of Norfolk
- Also known as: “Watton (parish)” and “Watton, Norfolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wayland Hall and Watton Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ovington and RAF Watton.
RAF Watton
Locality
Thompson
Village
Thompson is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Thompson is situated 2½ miles south of Watton.
Watton
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Watton, Breckland District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.56992° or 52° 34′ 12″ north
Longitude
0.82535° or 0° 49′ 31″ east
Population
7,200
Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB WTT
Open location code
9F42HR9G+X4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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”
- Persian: “واتون”
- Polish: “Watton”
- Portuguese: “Watton”
- Romanian: “Watton”
- Russian: “Уоттон”
- South Azerbaijani: “واتون، نورفک”
- Spanish: “Watton”
- Swedish: “Watton”
- Tamil: “வாட்டோன்”
- Telugu: “వాట్టన్”
- Turkish: “Watton, Norfolk”
- Urdu: “واٹن، نارفوک”
- Volapük: “Watton”
- Welsh: “Watton, Norfolk”
- Welsh: “Watton”
- “Watton”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The Finches and Saham Toney.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Watton Fire Station and Watton Post Office.
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