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Cley next the Sea

Cley next the Sea is a small village with a high street in . It lies in the North Norfolk Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, near the mouth of the River Glaven.
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  • Type: Village with 437 residents
  • Description: village in Norfolk, North Norfolk, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Cley”, “Cley Next the Sea”, “Cley Next the Sea, Norfolk”, and “Cley-Next-the-Sea”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cley Marshes and St Margaret’s, Cley.

Nature reserve
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 176-hectare on the coast of England just outside the village of Cley next the Sea, . A reserve since 1926, it is the oldest of the reserves belonging to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, which is itself the oldest county Wildlife Trust in the United Kingdom.

Church
Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0.
St Margaret's is the Anglican of Cley next the Sea, , in the deanery of , the Archdeaconry of and the Diocese of Norwich.

Church
Photo: Hamiltonstone, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blakeney and Wiveton.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a small village in on the north coast within the Norfolk Coast Area of Natural Beauty and the Norfolk Heritage Coast. It is a lovely village but most travellers will be going there for the surrounding countryside, beaches and wildlife.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of . It is situated on the west bank of the River Glaven, 3 km inland from the coast and directly across the river from the village of Cley next the Sea.

Village
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is a civil parish in the English county of . It includes the village of Letheringsett, along with the hamlet of Glandford.

Cley next the Sea

Latitude
52.9526° or 52° 57′ 10″ north
Longitude
1.0427° or 1° 2′ 34″ east
Population
437
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Open location code
9F43X23V+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1701366534
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2652856
Wiki­data ID
Q60388
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Cley next the Sea” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cley next the Sea”
  • Catalan: “Cley next the Sea”
  • Cebuano: “Cley next the Sea”
  • Chinese: “濱海克萊”
  • Dutch: “Cley next the Sea”
  • French: “Cley next the Sea”
  • French: “Cley-Next-the-Sea”
  • Hausa: “Cley kusa da Tekun”
  • Italian: “Cley next the Sea”
  • Japanese: “クレイ・ネクスト・ザ・シー”
  • Japanese: “クレイ＝ネクスト＝ザ＝シー”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cley next the Sea”
  • Persian: “کلی نکست د سی”
  • Polish: “Cley next the Sea”
  • Portuguese: “Cley next the Sea”
  • Swedish: “Cley next the Sea”
  • Turkish: “Cley next the Sea”
  • Vietnamese: “Cley-Next-the-Sea”
  • Welsh: “Cley next the Sea”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Cley next the Sea”. Photo: Andy F, CC BY-SA 2.0.