East of England
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Great Yarmouth District

Burgh Castle

Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of . It is 3 miles south-west of and 16 miles east of . It is most notable for the Roman Saxon Shore fort also called .
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  • Type: Village with 1,320 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Norfolk, England
  • Also known as: “Burgh Castle, Norfolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burgh Castle and Berney Arms railway station.

Archaeological site
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is the site of one of nine Roman Saxon Shore forts constructed in England around the 3rd century AD, to hold troops as a defence against Saxon raids up the rivers of the east and south coasts of southern Britain.

Railway station
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is a stop on the Wherry Lines in the , serving the settlement of on the Halvergate Marshes in .

Church
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea.

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is a long-established English seaside town in , at the mouth of the River Yare. Around 5 million people visit every year, making it Britain's third most popular seaside resort.

Town
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, historically and colloquially known as Gorleston, is a seaside town in the borough of Great Yarmouth in , England. It lies to the South of , on the opposite side of the mouth of the . is situated 3 miles east of Burgh Castle.

Locality
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is a settlement on the north bank of the , close to Breydon Water in the English county of . It is part of the civil parish of , in the district of , and lies within .

Burgh Castle

Latitude
52.5871° or 52° 35′ 14″ north
Longitude
1.6598° or 1° 39′ 35″ east
Population
1,320
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
9F43HMP5+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 288372020
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7301872
Wiki­data ID
Q2098453
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Burgh Castle” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Burgh Castle”
  • Cebuano: “Burgh Castle (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Burgh Castle”
  • Chinese: “伯格城堡”
  • Danish: “Burgh Castle”
  • Dutch: “Burgh Castle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورغ كاستلى”
  • French: “Burgh Castle”
  • Irish: “Burgh Castle”
  • Italian: “Burgh Castle”
  • Ladin: “Burgh Castle”
  • Persian: “بورگ کاسل”
  • Polish: “Burgh Castle”
  • Spanish: “Burgh Castle”
  • Swedish: “Burgh Castle”
  • Turkish: “Burgh Castle”
  • Welsh: “Burgh Castle”
  • “Burgh Castle”

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