Roydon

Roydon is a small village, parish and electoral ward in the county of , England, about a mile west of . It lies on a rise above the flood plain north of the River Waveney, which also acts as the county boundary with Suffolk.
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  • Type: Village with 2,420 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in South Norfolk, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Roydon, Norfolk” and “Roydon, South Norfolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Remigius, Roydon and Roydon Fen.

Church
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Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 17.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve south of Roydon, on the western outskirts of in . It is owned by South Norfolk District Council and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

Nature reserve
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 53.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of in . This site has acid grassland and dry heath on a sandy soil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diss and Palgrave.

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is a market town and civil parish in the district of South Norfolk in , England. It is near to the boundary with . It had a population of 7,572 in 2011.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of in eastern England. It is located on the south bank of the , opposite in and adjacent to the Great Eastern Main Line.

Village
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is a village and parish in , England, close to the border with . Its church, St Mary the Virgin, lies about a mile north of the present-day village. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Roydon.

Roydon

Latitude
52.38162° or 52° 22′ 54″ north
Longitude
1.08453° or 1° 5′ 4″ east
Population
2,420
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
Open location code
9F4393JM+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5107597336
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2639019
Wiki­data ID
Q746725
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Roydon” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Roydon”
  • Dutch: “Roydon”
  • French: “Roydon”
  • Irish: “Roydon”
  • Ladin: “Roydon (South Norfolk)”
  • Ladin: “Roydon”
  • Persian: “رویدون، ساوت نورفولک”
  • Polish: “Roydon”
  • Swedish: “Roydon, South Norfolk”
  • Turkish: “Roydon, South Norfolk”
  • Welsh: “Roydon, De Norfolk”
  • Welsh: “Roydon”
  • “Roydon”

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