Norfolk
Breckland District
Shipdham

Shipdham

Shipdham is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district, in , England, approximately 5 miles south-south-west of . In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,145 in 899 households, falling at the 2011 Census to a population of 2,057 in 899 households.
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  • Type: Village with 1,860 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Norfolk, UK
  • Also known as: “Shipdham, Norfolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of All Saints and RAF Shipdham.

Church
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Aerodrome
Royal Air Force Shipdham or more simply is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 miles south of , , . The airfield now operates as Shipdham Airfield.

Dwelling
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is a Grade II listed eighteenth-century Neoclassical stately home designed by Sir John Soane for the Gurdon family between 1783 and 1789. It is located at Letton near Shipdham, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bradenham and Yaxham.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the English county of . It is 5 miles south-west of the town of and 19 miles west of the city of . is situated 2½ miles west of Shipdham.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in centre of the English county of . The parish includes the village of , together with the neighbouring community of Clint Green and the hamlet of Brakefield Green. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Shipdham.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , and , in the district, in the county of , England, six miles north west of , six miles south east of , and a half mile south west of . is situated 4 miles east of Shipdham.

Shipdham

Latitude
52.62839° or 52° 37′ 42″ north
Longitude
0.89474° or 0° 53′ 41″ east
Population
1,860
Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SHH
Open location code
9F42JVHV+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29281098
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2637962
Wiki­data ID
Q1881466
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Shipdham” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Shipdham”
  • Cebuano: “Shipdham”
  • Dutch: “Shipdham”
  • French: “Shipdham”
  • Irish: “Shipdham”
  • Italian: “Shipdham”
  • Ladin: “Shipdham”
  • Persian: “شیپدم”
  • Polish: “Shipdham”
  • Spanish: “Shipdham”
  • Swedish: “Shipdham”
  • Turkish: “Shipdham”
  • Welsh: “Shipdham”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shipdham Post Office and The Royal British Legion Heritage Centre.

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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 “Shipdham”. Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.