Heacham
Heacham is a large village in West Norfolk, England, overlooking The Wash. It lies between King's Lynn, 14 miles to the south, and Hunstanton, about 3 miles to the north. It has been a seaside resort for over a century and a half.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Nigel Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 4,750 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Heacham, Norfolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin and Church of St Mary.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Pommes104, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 2 miles east of Heacham.
Church of St Edmund
Church
Photo: Nthep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Edmund is situated 2 miles north of Heacham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sedgeford and Hunstanton.
Sedgeford
Village
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Sedgeford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about 5 miles south of the North Sea and 3 miles east of the Wash. It is 36 miles northwest of Norwich. Sedgeford is situated 2 miles east of Heacham.
Hunstanton
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Hunstanton and Hunstanton are an adjoining town and village on the Norfolk coast. Known for being one of the few places on the east coast in England where the sun can be seen to set over the sea, the two places combine ancient heritage with traditional English seaside resort thrills.
Snettisham
Village
Photo: Philip Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snettisham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located near the west coast of Norfolk, some 5 miles south of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, 9 miles north of the town of King's Lynn and 45 miles northwest of the city of Norwich. Snettisham is situated 2½ miles south of Heacham.
Heacham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Heacham, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.90869° or 52° 54′ 31″ northLongitude
0.49409° or 0° 29′ 39″ eastPopulation
4,750Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HEAOpen location code
9F42WF5V+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 7626972789OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Heacham” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “হিচহ্যাম”
- Cebuano: “Heacham (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Heacham”
- Chinese: “希查姆”
- Chinese: “赫查姆”
- Dutch: “Heacham”
- French: “Heacham”
- German: “Heacham”
- Gujarati: “હેકહામ”
- Hebrew: “היצ’ם”
- Irish: “Heacham”
- Italian: “Heacham”
- Japanese: “ヒーチャム”
- Kannada: “ಹೀಚಾಮ್”
- Korean: “히치햄”
- Ladin: “Heacham”
- Lithuanian: “Hečamas”
- Persian: “هیچم”
- Polish: “Heacham”
- Portuguese: “Heacham”
- Russian: “Хичэм”
- Scots: “Heacham”
- Spanish: “Heacham”
- Swedish: “Heacham”
- Tamil: “ஹேச்சாம்”
- Telugu: “హిచమ్”
- Turkish: “Heacham”
- Urdu: “ہیاچام”
- Welsh: “Heacham”
- “Heacham”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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