Long Spinney

Long Spinney is a forest in Riddlesworth, Breckland District, England. Long Spinney is situated near the hamlet Gasthorpe, as well as near Knettishall.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Knettishall Heath and Church of St Peter.

Knettishall Heath

Nature reserve

Photo: Ian M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knettishall Heath is a 91.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Knettishall in Suffolk, England. A larger area of 176 hectares is the Knettishall Heath Nature Reserve, which is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

Church of St Peter

Church

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

All Saints Church, West Harling

Church

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

All Saints Church, West Harling, is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Harling, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knettishall and East Harling.

Knettishall

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knettishall is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. Located on the south bank of the River Little Ouse, in 2005 it had a population of 40.

East Harling

Village

Photo: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Harling is a village in the civil parish of Harling in the Breckland district of the English county of Norfolk. East Harling is located 8 miles east of Thetford and 25 miles south-west of Norwich on the banks of the River Thet.

Hopton

Village

Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hopton is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located just south of the Norfolk border on the B1111 road between Stanton and Garboldisham, in 2011 it had a population of 653.

Long Spinney

Type: Forest
Location: Riddlesworth, Breckland District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.4044° or 52° 24′ 16″ north

Longitude

0.8864° or 0° 53′ 11″ east

Open location code

9F42CV3P+QH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 130420078

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gasthorpe and Storage.

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