Sprowston

Sprowston is a town and civil parish in the district of , England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south, to the west, and by the open farmland of to the north.
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Photo: Nhojjohn, Public domain.
Photo: Nhojjohn, Public domain.
  • Type: Suburb with 14,000 residents
  • Description: suburban town in Norfolk, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: Sprowston, Norfolk

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parish Church of St Mary and St Margaret and Saint Cuthbert’s.

Church
Photo: Nhojjohn, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heartsease Estate, Norwich and Mile Cross Estate.

Suburb
The Heartsease is a housing estate located in , and takes its name from the heartsease, a common wild flower.

Suburb
Photo: Northmetpit, CC0.
is a council estate in , England. The population of the Mile Cross Ward in Norwich at the 2011 census was 10,655. is situated 2 miles west of Sprowston.

Village
Great and Little Plumstead is a civil parish in the English county of , consisting of the villages of Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead and . Plumstead is located 4.2 miles south of and 5.2 miles east of . is situated 2 miles east of Sprowston.

Sprowston

Latitude
52.65767° or 52° 39′ 28″ north
Longitude
1.32114° or 1° 19′ 16″ east
Population
14,000
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Open location code
9F43M85C+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 864559654
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2637181
Wiki­data ID
Q1806246
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Sprowston” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Sprowston
  • Bengali: স্প্রোসটন
  • Cebuano: Sprowston
  • Chinese: 斯普魯頓
  • Chinese: 斯普鲁顿
  • Dutch: Sprowston
  • French: Sprowston
  • German: Sprowston
  • Gujarati: સ્પ્રોવસ્ટન
  • Irish: Sprowston
  • Italian: Sprowston
  • Japanese: スプロ―ストン
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಪ್ರೋಸ್ಟನ್
  • Korean: 스프로스톤
  • Ladin: Sprowston
  • Lithuanian: Spraustonas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sprowston
  • Norwegian: Sprowston
  • Persian: اسپروزتون
  • Polish: Sprowston
  • Portuguese: Sprowston
  • Russian: Спраустон
  • Spanish: Sprowston
  • Swedish: Sprowston
  • Tamil: ஸ்பிரோவ்ஸ்டன்
  • Telugu: స్ప్రోస్టన్
  • Turkish: Sprowston
  • Ukrainian: Спроустон
  • Urdu: سپرووسٹن
  • Welsh: Sprowston
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