Sprowston

Sprowston is a town and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south, Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Norwich International Airport and Saint Cuthbert’s.

Norwich International Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Stavros1, Public domain.

Norwich Airport is an international airport in Hellesdon, Norfolk, England, 2.5 miles north of the city of Norwich. In 2023, Norwich Airport was the 25th busiest airport in the UK and busiest in East Anglia. Norwich International Airport is situated 2½ miles northwest of Sprowston.

Saint Cuthbert’s

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saint Cuthbert’s is a church.

Parish Church of St Mary and St Margaret

Church

Photo: Nhojjohn, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norwich and Thorpe Hamlet.

Norwich

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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…

Thorpe Hamlet

Suburb

Photo: Colin, CC BY 2.0.

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. Thorpe Hamlet is situated 2½ miles south of Sprowston.

Sprowston

Type: Locality
Location: Broadland, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6618° or 52° 39′ 42″ north

Longitude

1.3336° or 1° 20′ 1″ east

Elevation

85 feet (26 metres)

Open location code

9F43M86M+PC

GeoNames ID

7295644

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