Wroxham Broad
Wroxham Broad is an area of open water alongside the River Bure near the village of Wroxham in Norfolk, England within The Broads National Park. The Norfolk Broads were formed by the flooding of ancient peat workings.Photo: Stavros1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoveton & Wroxham railway station and Salhouse Broad.
Hoveton & Wroxham railway station
Railway station
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Hoveton & Wroxham railway station is on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serving the village of Hoveton and the adjacent village of Wroxham. It is 8 miles 61 chains down the line from Norwich and is situated between Salhouse and Worstead.
Salhouse Broad
Lake
Photo: SiJa2007, Public domain.
Salhouse Broad, one of the Norfolk Broads, is situated on the River Bure in The Broads in Norfolk, England. The broad is situated just off the river and attracts little through traffic.
Wroxham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wroxham railway station is located near the villages of Wroxham and Hoveton in Norfolk, and is the southern terminus of the Bure Valley Railway, a minimum gauge operation which reuses some of the trackbed of a former standard gauge branch line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wroxham and Hoveton and Hoveton.
Wroxham and Hoveton
Photo: Andrew Bone, CC BY 2.0.
Wroxham and Hoveton are two towns in Norfolk separated by the River Bure. They are connected by a road, foot and rail bridges. Wroxham is unofficially often known as "Capital of the Broads", though in practice Hoveton has the vast majority of marinas, boat yards and boat hire centres, and most of the commercial activity.
Hoveton
Village
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoveton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, within the Norfolk Broads. Hoveton is located 7.3 miles south of North Walsham and 8.1 miles north-east of Norwich, separated from Wroxham by the River Bure.
Wroxham
Village
Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wroxham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Wroxham has an area of 6.21 square kilometres, and in 2001, had a population of 1,532 in 666 households.
Wroxham Broad
- Type: Lake
- Description: freshwater lake in Norfolk, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hoveton, Norfolk Coast, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.6994° or 52° 41′ 58″ northLongitude
1.4167° or 1° 25′ 0″ eastOpen location code
9F43MCX8+QMOpenStreetMap ID
way 5183819OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q16897670
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In Other Languages
“Wroxham Broad” goes by many names.
- German: “Wroxham Broad”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lower Street and Brook Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Norfolk Broads Yacht Club and Hudson’s Bay.
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