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Wells-next-the-Sea

Wells-next-the-Sea is a town on the north coast, with a population of 2165 in 2011. The chief attraction is Holkham Hall, and the coast is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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  • Type: Town with 2,170 residents
  • Description: port town on the North Norfolk coast of England
  • Also known as: “Wells”, “Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk”, and “Wells-on-Sea”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Midden Halt railway station and Wells on Sea railway station.

Railway station
The Midden Halt is a request stop on the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway which serves a camp site.

Railway station
Photo: DiverScout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located in Wells-next-the-Sea, on the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. It was opened in 1982. It is located south of the former level crossing on the A149 Coast Road, close to the former junction with the West Norfolk Junction Railway.

Church
Photo: Adrian S Pye, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wells-next-the-Sea

Latitude
52.955° or 52° 57′ 18″ north
Longitude
0.8515° or 0° 51′ 6″ east
Population
2,170
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
9F42XV32+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29284014
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634567
Wiki­data ID
Q930204
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Wells-next-the-Sea” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Basque: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Cebuano: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Chinese: “海濱韋爾斯”
  • Dutch: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • French: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • German: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Irish: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Italian: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Japanese: “ウェルス＝ネクスト＝ザ＝シー”
  • Ladin: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Norwegian: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Persian: “ولز-نکس-ده-سی”
  • Polish: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Romanian: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ولز-نکس-ده-سی”
  • Spanish: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Swedish: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Turkish: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Volapük: “Wells-next-the-Sea”
  • Welsh: “Wells-next-the-Sea”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Wells-next-the-Sea”. Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.