Breckland
Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Leonard and Lynford Hall.
Lynford Hall
Hotel
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lynford Hall is a neo-Jacobean country house at Mundford, near Thetford in the English county of Norfolk. It is now a hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mundford and Santon Downham.
Mundford
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mundford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated at the intersection of two major routes, the A134 Colchester to King's Lynn road and the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, about 8 miles north west of Thetford.
Santon Downham
Hamlet
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Santon Downham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 240. The village is located within Thetford Forest on a meander of the River Little Ouse on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. Thetford is 4 miles southeast and the nearest railway station is in Brandon 2 miles west. Santon Downham is situated 3 miles south of Breckland.
Langford
Locality
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Langford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ickburgh, in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is in the Norfolk battle training area of the Ministry of Defence which is an area with restricted entry. Langford is situated 3 miles northeast of Breckland.
Breckland
- Type: Region
- Description: natural region in Norfolk and Suffolk, UK
- Categories: natural region and Special Protection Area
- Location: Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Breckland” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Breckland”
- Polish: “Breckland”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lynford and Lynford Hall.
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