Somerleyton railway station
Somerleyton railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the village of Somerleyton, Suffolk. It is 18 miles down the line from Norwich on the route to Lowestoft, and is less than 2 miles from Somerleyton Hall on foot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Bob Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Somerleyton Railway Station”, “Somerleyton Station”, and “SYT”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Somerleyton Swing Bridge and Somerleyton Hall.
Somerleyton Swing Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jeremy Segrott, CC BY 2.0.
Somerleyton Swing Bridge is a railway swing bridge over the River Waveney on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. It was built in 1905 to carry the double tracked Norwich to Lowestoft Line over the river, replacing a previous single tracked bridge. Somerleyton Swing Bridge is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Somerleyton railway station.
Somerleyton Hall
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Somerleyton Hall is a country house and 5,000-acre estate near Somerleyton in Suffolk, England. The hall is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England, and its landscaped park and formal gardens are Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Somerleyton Hall is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Somerleyton railway station.
Herringfleet Windmill
Photo: Fuzzypiggy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herringfleet Mill or Walker's Mill is a Grade II* listed smock mill at Herringfleet, Suffolk, England, Now in a bad state of repair with two of the 4 sails removed. Herringfleet Windmill is situated 1 mile northwest of Somerleyton railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerleyton and Wheatacre.
Somerleyton
Village
Photo: Bob Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Somerleyton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, in the East Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk.
Wheatacre
Hamlet
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wheatacre is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 4.38 km2 and had a population of 112 in 43 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 118 at the 2011 Census. Wheatacre is situated 2 miles southwest of Somerleyton railway station.
Burgh St Peter
Village
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burgh St Peter is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It is about 3+1⁄2 miles northeast of Beccles in Suffolk and 17 miles south-east of Norwich. Burgh St Peter is situated 2 miles southwest of Somerleyton railway station.
Somerleyton railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Waveney District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.51015° or 52° 30′ 37″ northLongitude
1.65225° or 1° 39′ 8″ eastElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Operator
Greater AngliaNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SYT”Open location code
9F43GM62+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 263373156OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Somerleyton railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Somerleyton”
- Dutch: “Station Somerleyton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سوميرليتون”
- Finnish: “Somerleytonin rautatieasema”
- French: “gare de Somerleyton”
- French: “Gare de Somerleyton”
- French: “Somerleyton”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Somerleyton”
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