Bell’s Close

Bell’s Close is a locality in Santon Downham, Forest Heath District, England. Bell’s Close is situated nearby to the locality Croxton Stanch, as well as near Field Barn.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thetford Forest and Grime’s Graves.

Thetford Forest

Photo: Kelly, CC0.

Thetford Forest is the largest lowland pine forest in Great 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.

Grime’s Graves

Heath

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grime's Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England. It lies 8 km north east from Brandon, Suffolk in the East of England. It was worked between c. Grime’s Graves is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bell’s Close.

All Saints

Church

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

All Saints is a church, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bell’s Close.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santon Downham and Thetford.

Santon Downham

Hamlet

Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Santon Downham is situated 2½ miles west of Bell’s Close.

Thetford

Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.

Thetford is a town of 24,000 people in Norfolk, England. Thetford contains the ruins of Thetford Castle and Thetford Priory, which was closed during the Reformation.

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 4½ miles northwest of Bell’s Close.

Bell’s Close

Type: Locality
Location: Santon Downham, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.46222° or 52° 27′ 44″ north

Longitude

0.72528° or 0° 43′ 31″ east

Open location code

9F42FP6G+V4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1899101608

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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