Big Wood

Big Wood is a forest in Houghton, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District, England. Big Wood is situated nearby to the locality Bunker’s Hill, as well as near Anmer Minque.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Houghton Hall and Church of St. Mary.

Houghton Hall

Building

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Houghton Hall is a country house in the parish of Houghton in Norfolk, England. It is the residence of the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. It was commissioned by the de facto first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, in 1722, and is a key building in the history of Neo-Palladian architecture in England.

Church of St. Mary

Church

Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Bircham Windmill

Photo: Andrew Huggett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Bircham Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Great Bircham, Norfolk, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harpley and Great Bircham.

Harpley

Village

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Harpley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located along the A148. Harpley is 12 miles north-east of King's Lynn and 30 miles north-west of Norwich.

Great Bircham

Village

Photo: Andrew Huggett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Bircham is a village, part of the civil parish of Bircham, in the English county of Norfolk. It is 12 miles north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 38 miles north-west of the city of Norwich.

Flitcham

Village

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Flitcham is a village and former civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 7.1 miles north-east of King's Lynn and 33 miles north-west of Norwich, along the River Babingley.

Big Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Houghton, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.8299° or 52° 49′ 48″ north

Longitude

0.6256° or 0° 37′ 32″ east

Open location code

9F42RJHG+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 203814311

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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