Santon Downham
Santon Downham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 240. The village is located within Thetford Forest on a meander of the River Little Ouse on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. Thetford is 4 miles southeast and the nearest railway station is in Brandon 2 miles west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thetford Forest and All Saints.
Thetford Forest
Thetford Forest is the largest lowland pine forest in Britain and is located in a region straddling the north of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk in England. It covers over 19,000 ha in the form of a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Santon
Dwelling
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Santon is a depopulated village near Santon Downham, in the civil parish of Lynford, in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England. Moated earthworks and other remains of the medieval village are a scheduled monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brandon and Weeting.
Brandon
Town
Brandon is a town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. Brandon is located in the Breckland area of Suffolk in the extreme north-west of the county, close to the adjoining county of Norfolk. Brandon is situated 2 miles west of Santon Downham.
Weeting
Village
Weeting is a village in Norfolk, England. The population can be found in the civil parish of Weeting-with-Broomhill. The village's name means 'wet place'. Weeting is situated 2½ miles west of Santon Downham.
Mundford
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mundford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated at the intersection of two major routes, the A134 Colchester to King's Lynn road and the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, about 8 miles north west of Thetford. Mundford is situated 3½ miles north of Santon Downham.
Santon Downham
- Type: Hamlet with 213 residents
- Description: village in Suffolk, England, UK
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.45627° or 52° 27′ 23″ northLongitude
0.66806° or 0° 40′ 5″ eastPopulation
213Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
9F42FM49+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1158815267OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
8129270Wikidata ID
Q2507265
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Santon Downham” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Santon Downham”
- Chinese: “Santon Downham”
- Dutch: “Santon Downham”
- French: “Santon Downham”
- Irish: “Santon Downham”
- Ladin: “Santon Downham”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Santon Downham”
- Polish: “Santon Downham”
- Swedish: “Santon Downham”
- Turkish: “Santon Downham”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Santon Downham”. Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.