Wighton
Wighton is a locality in Norfolk Coast, Norfolk, England. Wighton is situated nearby to the village Great Walsingham, as well as near the locality Little Walsingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wighton Halt railway station and Warham Camp.
Wighton Halt railway station
Railway station
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Wighton Halt is a railway station serving the small village of Wighton, Norfolk. It is a public railway station, originally part of the standard gauge network, and now part of the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway.
Warham Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Warham Camp is an Iron Age circular hillfort with a total diameter of 212 metres near Warham, south of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk, England. It is a scheduled monument dated to between 800BC and 43AD, and a 5.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, located within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Warham railway station
Railway station
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Warham railway station is a request stop on the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway, and serves the small village of Warham. It opened in 1982.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wells-next-the-Sea and Walsingham.
Wells-next-the-Sea
Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wells-next-the-Sea is a town on the north Norfolk coast, with a population of 2165 in 2011. The chief attraction is Holkham Hall, and the coast is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Walsingham
Village
Walsingham is a civil parish in North Norfolk, England, notable for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. The parish also contains the ruins of two medieval monastic houses.
Houghton Saint Giles
Village
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Houghton Saint Giles is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barsham, in the English county of Norfolk. The village has also been referred to as Houghton-le-Dale or Houghton-in-the-Hole. Houghton Saint Giles is situated 2½ miles south of Wighton.
Wighton
- Type: Locality
- Location: Norfolk Coast, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9208° or 52° 55′ 15″ northLongitude
0.8611° or 0° 51′ 40″ eastElevation
157 feet (48 metres)Open location code
9F42WVC6+8CGeoNames ID
7296099
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