Stanford Training Area (STANTA) – Grimes Grave

Stanford Training Area (STANTA) – Grimes Grave is a military installation in Lynford, Breckland District, England. Stanford Training Area (STANTA) – Grimes Grave is situated near the museum Grimes Grave’s Visitor Centre, as well as near the forest Emily’s Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 2,500 feet southeast of Stanford Training Area (STANTA) – Grimes Grave.

Brandon railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rich257, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brandon railway station is on the Breckland Line in the East of England, serving the town of Brandon, Suffolk, although the station is actually situated across the county boundary in Norfolk. Brandon railway station is situated 2½ miles southwest of Stanford Training Area (STANTA) – Grimes Grave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santon Downham and Mundford.

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 south of Stanford Training Area (STANTA) – Grimes Grave.

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 2 miles north of Stanford Training Area (STANTA) – Grimes Grave.

Weeting

Village

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Weeting is a village in Norfolk, England. The population can be found in the civil parish of Weeting-with-Broomhill. The village's name means 'wet place'. Weeting is situated 2½ miles southwest of Stanford Training Area (STANTA) – Grimes Grave.

Stanford Training Area (STANTA) – Grimes Grave

Type: Military installation
Location: Lynford, Breckland District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.47971° or 52° 28′ 47″ north

Longitude

0.66405° or 0° 39′ 51″ east

Open location code

9F42FMH7+VJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 156923357

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Grimes Grave’s Visitor Centre and Emily’s Wood.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lynford and Fryingpan Lodge.

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