Thorpe Hamlet

Thorpe Hamlet is a suburb of Norwich, to the east of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county of Norfolk. It was constituted a separate ecclesiastical parish on 9 March 1852, from the civil parish of Old Thorpe, and in 1912, was in the rural deanery of Blofield.

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Type: Suburb with 8,110 residents
Description: suburb of Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Thorpe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carrow Road and Norwich railway station.

Carrow Road

Stadium

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Carrow Road is a football stadium in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and is the home of EFL Championship club Norwich City. The stadium is east of the city, near Norwich railway station and the River Wensum.

Norwich railway station

Railway station

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Norwich railway station is the northern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the cathedral city of Norwich, Norfolk.

Rosary Cemetery

Cemetery

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Rosary Cemetery was the first non-denominational burial ground in the United Kingdom. Its entrance lies on Rosary Road in Norwich, Norfolk. It is a haven for wildlife and won a Community Biodiversity Award in 2008.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norwich and Trowse.

Norwich

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Norwich, a two-cathedral city, is the capital of the English county of Norfolk, within the larger region of East Anglia. It lies some 185 km NNE of London, and as well as being a convenient base for exploring the Broads and the North Norfolk Coast is also…

Trowse

Village

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Trowse, also called Trowse with Newton, is a village in Norfolk, England. It lies about 2 miles south-east of Norwich city centre, on the banks of the River Yare.