Somerleyton Animal Pound

Somerleyton Animal Pound is a historic site in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Waveney District, England. Somerleyton Animal Pound is situated nearby to Somerleyton railway station, as well as near the ruins Somerleyton Brickfields.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Somerleyton railway station and Somerleyton Swing Bridge.

Somerleyton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Somerleyton railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the village of Somerleyton, Suffolk. It is 18 miles down the line from Norwich on the route to Lowestoft, and is less than 2 miles from Somerleyton Hall on foot. Somerleyton railway station is situated 1,500 feet west of Somerleyton Animal Pound.

Somerleyton Swing Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jeremy Segrott, CC BY 2.0.

Somerleyton Swing Bridge is a railway swing bridge over the River Waveney on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. It was built in 1905 to carry the double tracked Norwich to Lowestoft Line over the river, replacing a previous single tracked bridge. Somerleyton Swing Bridge is situated 3,000 feet west of Somerleyton Animal Pound.

Somerleyton Hall

Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Somerleyton Hall is a country house and 5,000-acre estate near Somerleyton in Suffolk, England. The hall is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England, and its landscaped park and formal gardens are Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Somerleyton Hall is situated 1 mile northeast of Somerleyton Animal Pound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Somerleyton and Flixton.

Somerleyton

Village

Photo: Bob Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Somerleyton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, in the East Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk.

Flixton

Village

Flixton is a civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 2 miles north-west of Lowestoft in the East Suffolk district. The parish is sparsely populated with an estimated population of around 40. Flixton is situated 2 miles east of Somerleyton Animal Pound.

Lound

Village

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lound is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 4.5 miles north of Lowestoft, 5 miles south of Great Yarmouth in the East Suffolk district. Lound is situated 2 miles northeast of Somerleyton Animal Pound.

Somerleyton Animal Pound

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Waveney District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.50938° or 52° 30′ 34″ north

Longitude

1.65903° or 1° 39′ 33″ east

Open location code

9F43GM55+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1240566941

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=pound

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Somerleyton Brickfields and Somerleyton Village Hall.

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