Thorpe Abbotts

Thorpe Abbotts is a hamlet in Brockdish, South Norfolk District, England. Thorpe Abbotts is situated nearby to the hamlet Upper Street, as well as near the village Brockdish.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Peter and St Paul and Church of All Saints.

Church of St Peter and St Paul

Church

Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum

Museum

Photo: Deben Dave, Public domain.

The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, located in the original control tower and other remaining buildings of the RAF Thorpe Abbotts airfield east of Diss in Norfolk is named after the 100th Bomb Group and is dedicated to the American soldiers and members of the US 8th Air Force who fought with the Allies in Norfolk in World War II.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Syleham and Hoxne.

Syleham

Hamlet

Photo: Pommes104, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Syleham is a small parish, next to the River Waveney in Suffolk, England, about six miles east of Diss. Its church, St Margaret, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. The windmill was one of the casualties of the Great Storm of 1987.

Hoxne

Village

Photo: Duncan Grey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoxne is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles east-southeast of Diss, Norfolk and 1⁄2 mile south of the River Waveney. Hoxne is situated 2 miles southwest of Thorpe Abbotts.

Oakley

Village

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oakley is a village and former civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It lies immediately to the south of the River Waveney around 3 miles north-east of Eye and the same distance south-east of Diss. Oakley is situated 2 miles southwest of Thorpe Abbotts.

Thorpe Abbotts

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Brockdish, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.37249° or 52° 22′ 21″ north

Longitude

1.22181° or 1° 13′ 19″ east

Elevation

164 feet (50 metres)

Open location code

9F4396CC+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4612043855

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

12262505

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