Somerton
Somerton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the twin villages of East Somerton and West Somerton and is situated some 14 km north of the town of Great Yarmouth, 35 km north-east of the city of Norwich, and 2 km from the sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 244 residents
- Description: civil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Somerton (civil parish), Norfolk” and “Somerton, Norfolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horsey Windpump and Winterton Lighthouse.
Horsey Windpump
Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horsey Windpump is a windpump or drainage windmill in the care of the National Trust in the village of Horsey, on The Broads near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The structure is a grade II* listed building.
Winterton Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterton Lighthouse is located in Winterton-on-Sea in the English county of Norfolk. In 1845 Winterton Ness was described as being 'well known to the mariner as the most fatal headland between Scotland and London'.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Potter Heigham and Rollesby.
Potter Heigham
Photo: PsamatheM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Potter Heigham is in Norfolk. The village lies on the River Thurne in the Norfolk Broads. Most visitors to the area will be there to either hire a boat or as part of their boating holiday on the Broads.
Rollesby
Village
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rollesby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A149 road, adjacent to Rollesby Broad and Ormesby Broad, about 12 km north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 30 km east of the city of Norwich. Rollesby is situated 2½ miles southwest of Somerton.
West Somerton
Village
Somerton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the twin villages of East Somerton and West Somerton and is situated some 14 km north of the town of Great Yarmouth, 35 km north-east of the city of Norwich, and 2 km from the sea.
Somerton
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Great Yarmouth District, 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 Cebuano to Western Frisian—“Somerton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Somerton (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Norfolk, lat 52,72, long 1,66)”
- Cebuano: “Somerton”
- Dutch: “Somerton”
- French: “Somerton”
- German: “Somerton”
- Irish: “Somerton”
- Italian: “Somerton (Norfolk)”
- Italian: “Somerton”
- Polish: “Somerton”
- Spanish: “Somerton”
- Swedish: “Somerton (parish i Storbritannien, England, Norfolk, lat 52,72, long 1,66)”
- Swedish: “Somerton, Norfolk”
- Swedish: “Somerton”
- Turkish: “Somerton, Norfolk”
- Welsh: “Somerton, Norfolk”
- Welsh: “Somerton”
- Western Frisian: “Somerton”
- “Somerton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Winterton Ness and Hemsby Beach.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Somerton”. Photo: Pommes104, CC BY-SA 3.0.