Bracken Pit

Bracken Pit is a locality in Santon Downham, Forest Heath District, England. Bracken Pit is situated nearby to the locality Tom’s Bomb Hole, as well as near Mayday Meadow.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thetford Warren Lodge and Elveden Forest.

Thetford Warren Lodge

Photo: David Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thetford Warren Lodge is situated 2 miles east of Bracken Pit.

Center Parcs UK and Ireland is a short-break holiday company that operates six holiday villages in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with each covering about 400 acres of woodland. Elveden Forest is situated 2 miles south of Bracken Pit.

Brandon War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Adrian S Pye, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brandon War Memorial is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bracken Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brandon and Santon Downham.

Brandon

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

Brandon is a town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. Brandon is located in the Breckland area of Suffolk in the extreme north-west of the county, close to the adjoining county of Norfolk.

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 north of Bracken Pit.

Elveden

Hamlet

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elveden is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 270. The village is bypassed by the A11 between Cambridge and Norwich, which ran through the centre of the village prior to 2014. Elveden is situated 2½ miles south of Bracken Pit.

Bracken Pit

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

52.42089° or 52° 25′ 15″ north

Longitude

0.65595° or 0° 39′ 21″ east

Open location code

9F42CMC4+99

OpenStreetMap ID

node 701291245

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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