Saint Helen’s Well
Saint Helen’s Well is a spring in Santon Downham, Forest Heath District, England. Saint Helen’s Well is situated nearby to the archaeological site Bowl barrow known as Blood Hill with associated remains of a boundary bank, as well as near Forest Lodge Holidays.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thetford Forest and All Saints.
Thetford Forest
All Saints
Church
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints is a church, which is situated 3,700 feet west of Saint Helen’s Well.
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. Santon is situated 3,500 feet west of Saint Helen’s Well.
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 1½ miles west of Saint Helen’s Well.
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.
Brandon
Saint Helen’s Well
- Type: Spring (intermittent)
- Category: body of water
- Location: Santon Downham, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.4535° or 52° 27′ 13″ northLongitude
0.70694° or 0° 42′ 25″ eastOpen location code
9F42FP34+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2769856987OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bowl barrow known as Blood Hill with associated remains of a boundary bank and Forest Lodge Holidays.
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