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Photo of the Broads, a National Park in eastern England.

The BroadsPhoto Christopher Kirk / Pexels

Places to explore near Acle StationAcle

40 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Broads, a National Park in eastern England.Iconic

The Broads

National Park near Ranworth

Britain's largest protected wetland — a watery maze of rivers, fens and windmills.

0.2 km E

Photo of St Benet's Abbey, a ruined abbey near Ranworth in the Broads, Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

St Benet's Abbey

Abbey near Ranworth

An 18th-century drainage mill built straight through a Benedictine gatehouse.

6 km N

Photo of Ranworth, a village in the Broads, Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Ranworth

Village

Broads village whose church tower repays 89 steps with a panorama over reedbed, broad and marsh.

6.1 km NW · Norfolk

Photo of Horning, a village in the Broads, Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Horning

Village

Quintessential Broads village of thatched cottages and waterside pubs strung along the north bank of the Bure.

8.9 km NW · Norfolk

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Weavers' Way, a 61-mile long-distance path running from Cromer to Great Yarmouth, eastern England.

Weavers' Way

Long-distance path

Cromer to Great Yarmouth by old railway lines and marsh — Blickling, Hickling Broad and the wide Halvergate levels.

1 km E · Norfolk

Photo of the River Bure, a river navigation running from Coltishall to Great Yarmouth, eastern England.

River Bure

River navigation

The main river of the northern Broads, from Coltishall past Wroxham and Horning to Breydon Water at Great Yarmouth.

1.6 km E · Norfolk

Stracey Arms Windpump

Windmill near Tunstall

Roadside drainage mill of 1883 on the Acle marshes, open through spring and summer.

2.7 km SE

Photo of Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden, a garden near South Walsham in the Broads, Norfolk, eastern England.

Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden

Garden near South Walsham

Broadland woodland and water garden of candelabra primulas and giant rhubarb, with its own private broad.

4.9 km NW

Photo of the River Thurne, a river navigation running from West Somerton to Thurne Mouth, eastern England.

River Thurne

River navigation

Short, reed-fringed and windmill-lined — the Broads river of Potter Heigham and Thurne Mouth.

5.3 km N · Norfolk

Photo of Thurne Dyke Windpump, a windmill in the Broads, Norfolk, eastern England.

Thurne Dyke Windpump

Windmill near Thurne

Gleaming white drainage mill on the Thurne, one of the most photographed sights on the Broads.

5.9 km N

Photo of the River Ant, a river navigation running from Dilham to Ant Mouth, eastern England.

River Ant

River navigation

The narrowest of the Broads rivers, threading Barton Broad and the windpumps of How Hill.

6.4 km N · Norfolk

Photo of the River Yare, a river navigation running from Norwich to Great Yarmouth, eastern England.

River Yare

River navigation

The southern Broads' highway, carrying Norwich's navigation seaward across the wide water of Breydon.

6.6 km SW · Norfolk

Photo of Ranworth Broad, a Lake in the Broads, Norfolk, eastern England.

Ranworth Broad

Lake near Ranworth

Boardwalks cross fen and carr to this Norfolk Broad, with a floating visitor centre and a famous view from Ranworth church tower.

7 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (27) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.