Breckland District
Breckland is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Dereham, although the largest town is Thetford. The district also includes the towns of Attleborough, Swaffham and Watton, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 137,000 residents
- Description: non-metropolitan district in Norfolk, England
- Also known as: “Breckland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wayland Hall and Church of St. Mary.
Wayland Hall
Town hall
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wayland Hall, also known as Watton Town Hall, is a community events venue in Middle Street, Watton, Norfolk, England: the structure, which also accommodates a local history museum, is a grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watton and Ashill.
Watton
Town
Photo: Deben Dave, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Watton is a market town in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about 25 miles west-southwest of Norwich and 15 miles northeast of Thetford. The annual Wayland Agricultural Show in its west is one of the oldest one-day such shows in England.
Ashill
Village
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Ashill is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is between Watton and Swaffham.
Ovington
Village
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Ovington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 6.44 km2 and had a population of 239 in 92 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 256 in 101 households at the 2011 Census.
Breckland District
- Category: non-metropolitan district
- 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 Belarusian to Yue Chinese—“Breckland District” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Брэкленд”
- Cebuano: “Breckland District”
- Chinese: “Breckland”
- Chinese: “佈列克蘭”
- Chinese: “佈列克蘭區”
- Chinese: “布列克蘭區”
- Dutch: “Breckland”
- French: “Breckland”
- German: “Breckland”
- Irish: “Breckland”
- Italian: “Breckland”
- Japanese: “ブレックランド”
- Korean: “브레클랜드”
- Latvian: “Breklenda”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Breckland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Breckland”
- Norwegian: “Breckland”
- Polish: “Breckland”
- Romanian: “Breckland”
- Russian: “Брекленд”
- Slovenian: “Breckland”
- Spanish: “Breckland”
- Swedish: “Breckland District”
- Ukrainian: “Брекленд”
- Urdu: “بریکلینڈ ضلع”
- Welsh: “Ardal Breckland”
- Yue Chinese: “佈列克蘭”
- “Breckland”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saham Mere and Saham Wood.
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