Somerleyton Swing Bridge
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.Photo: Jeremy Segrott, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Somerleyton railway station and Herringfleet Windmill.
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 southeast of Somerleyton Swing Bridge.
Herringfleet Windmill
Photo: Fuzzypiggy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herringfleet Mill or Walker's Mill is a Grade II* listed smock mill at Herringfleet, Suffolk, England, Now in a bad state of repair with two of the 4 sails removed. Herringfleet Windmill is situated 1 mile northwest of Somerleyton Swing Bridge.
Church of St Margaret, Herringfleet
Church
Photo: Pommes104, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St Margaret, Herringfleet is situated 3,500 feet north of Somerleyton Swing Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerleyton and St Olaves.
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.
St Olaves
Village
Photo: Bob Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Olaves is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Waveney, 6 miles south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and the same distance north-west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft. St Olaves is situated 2 miles northwest of Somerleyton Swing Bridge.
Wheatacre
Hamlet
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wheatacre is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 4.38 km2 and had a population of 112 in 43 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 118 at the 2011 Census. Wheatacre is situated 2 miles southwest of Somerleyton Swing Bridge.
Somerleyton Swing Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United Kingdom
- Categories: railway bridge, swing bridge, and transportation
- Location: Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Waveney District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.51252° or 52° 30′ 45″ northLongitude
1.64649° or 1° 38′ 47″ eastOpen location code
9F43GJ7W+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 659055779OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q7559759
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