Great Cressingham

Great Cressingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Great Cressingham is located 6 miles south of Swaffham and 24 miles west of Norwich.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Church of All Saints and Little Cressingham Windmill.

Little Cressingham Windmill

Watermill

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Cressingham Windmill is a combined wind and water mill at Little Cressingham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. It was built in 1821. The mill worked by wind until 1916 and water until 1952.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Mary is situated 2 miles southwest of Great Cressingham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashill and North Pickenham.

Ashill

Village

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashill is a village and civil parish in Breckland, Norfolk, England. The civil parish had a population of 1,508 at the 2021 Census. Its historic centre includes a green and duck pond, and the parish church, the Church of St Nicholas, is a Grade I listed medieval building. Ashill is situated 3 miles northeast of Great Cressingham.

North Pickenham

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Pickenham is a village in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England. It lies three miles from the Georgian market town of Swaffham. North Pickenham is situated 3 miles north of Great Cressingham.

Bodney

Hamlet

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bodney is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Hilborough, in the Breckland District of the English county of Norfolk. It is 10 miles north of Thetford and 26 miles west of Norwich. Bodney is situated 2½ miles southwest of Great Cressingham.

Great Cressingham

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

52.5839° or 52° 35′ 2″ north

Longitude

0.7284° or 0° 43′ 42″ east

Elevation

95 feet (29 metres)

Open location code

9F42HPMH+H9

GeoNames ID

7300056

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Great Cressingham and South Pickenham.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: RAF North Pickenham and Saham Mere.

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