Hunstanton
Old Hunstanton and Hunstanton are an adjoining town and village on the Norfolk coast. Known for being one of the few places on the east coast in England where the sun can be seen to set over the sea, the two places combine ancient heritage with traditional English seaside resort thrills.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 4,230 residents
- Description: town in Norfolk, England
- Also known as: “Hunstanton, Norfolk” and “New Hunstanton”
- Neighbors: King’s Lynn
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Hunstanton Lighthouse and Church of St Edmund.
Old Hunstanton Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Hunstanton Lighthouse is a former lighthouse located in Old Hunstanton in the English county of Norfolk, generally called Hunstanton Lighthouse during its operational life.
Smithdon High School
School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smithdon High School is a small comprehensive school academy, with 559 students in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. Its buildings are Grade II* listed. It changed its status, joining the West Norfolk Academies Trust in 2016.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heacham.
Heacham
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Heacham is a large village in West Norfolk, England, overlooking The Wash. It lies between King's Lynn, 14 miles to the south, and Hunstanton, about 3 miles to the north. It has been a seaside resort for over a century and a half. Heacham is situated 2 miles south of Hunstanton.
Hunstanton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9394° or 52° 56′ 22″ northLongitude
0.4902° or 0° 29′ 25″ eastPopulation
4,230Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HNTOpen location code
9F42WFQR+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
node 29806954OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Hunstanton” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Hunstanton”
- Basque: “Hunstaston”
- Bengali: “হানস্ট্যান্টোন”
- Cebuano: “Hunstanton”
- Chinese: “亨士丹頓”
- Chinese: “亨斯丹頓”
- Chinese: “亨斯坦頓”
- Chinese: “亨斯坦顿”
- Dutch: “Hunstanton”
- French: “Hunstanton”
- German: “Hunstanton”
- Gujarati: “હનસ્ટેન્ટન”
- Irish: “Hunstanton”
- Italian: “Hunstanton”
- Japanese: “ハンスタントン”
- Japanese: “ハンストン”
- Kannada: “ಹನ್ಸ್ಟಾನ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “헌스탠턴”
- Ladin: “Hunstanton”
- Lithuanian: “Hanstantonas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hunstanton”
- Persian: “هانستانتون”
- Polish: “Hunstanton”
- Portuguese: “Hunstanton”
- Romanian: “Hunstanton”
- Russian: “Ханстентон”
- South Azerbaijani: “هانستانتون”
- Spanish: “Hunstanton”
- Swedish: “Hunstanton”
- Tamil: “ஹுன்ஸ்டன்டன்”
- Telugu: “హంస్టంటన్”
- Turkish: “Hunstanton”
- Urdu: “ہنسٹنٹن”
- Urdu: “ہونستانٹن”
- Volapük: “Hunstanton”
- Welsh: “Hunstanton”
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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 “Hunstanton”. Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.