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Photo of Thetford Forest, a landmark near Brandon, Norfolk, eastern England.

Thetford Forest© Hugh Venables / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Thetford StationThetford

32 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Photo of Thetford Forest, a landmark near Brandon, Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Thetford Forest

Landmark near Brandon

Britain's largest lowland pine forest, a Breckland expanse laced with walking and cycling trails.

6.4 km NW

Photo along the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path, a 158-mile National Trail running from Thetford to Cromer, eastern England.Highlight

Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path

National Trail

A Roman road to the sea, then saltmarsh, seal colonies and enormous Norfolk skies.

7.2 km E · Norfolk

Photo of Grime's Graves, a flint mine near Brandon, Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Grime's Graves

Flint mine near Brandon

Neolithic flint mines you can climb down into.

8 km NW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Icknield Way Path, a 110-mile long-distance path running from Ivinghoe Beacon to Knettishall Heath, England.

Icknield Way Path

Long-distance path

The missing middle of the 'oldest road in Britain', linking the Ridgeway at Ivinghoe Beacon to the Peddars Way at Knettishall Heath.

0.1 km S · spans 7 counties

Thetford Cluniac priory

Priory · Cluniac near Thetford

Thetford Cluniac priory including a World War II ‘Blacker Bombard’ spigot mortar emplacement

0.4 km SW

Priory of the Holy Sepulchre, Thetford

Priory near Thetford

Priory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon town

0.7 km SW

Photo along the Angles Way, a 93-mile long-distance path running from Great Yarmouth to Thetford, eastern England.

Angles Way

Long-distance path

Great Yarmouth to Thetford up the Waveney and Little Ouse, along the quiet river border between Norfolk and Suffolk.

1.5 km S · Suffolk & Norfolk

Photo of Thetford Warren Lodge, a landmark in Norfolk, eastern England.

Thetford Warren Lodge

Landmark near Thetford

Stout flint tower-house of about 1400 in Thetford Forest, built by the Prior of Thetford to shelter his gamekeepers from poachers.

2.6 km W

Photo of Knettishall Heath Country Park, a country park near Harling Road, Suffolk, eastern England.

Knettishall Heath Country Park

Country park near Harling Road

A country park in Suffolk.

7.9 km E

Photo of Brandon Country Park, a country park in Suffolk, eastern England.

Brandon Country Park

Country park near Brandon

A country park in Suffolk.

8.1 km W

Photo of the Little Ouse River, a river navigation running from Brandon Creek to Brandon, eastern England.

Little Ouse River

River navigation

The Brandon river — a Breckland stream turned fen navigation, joining the Great Ouse at Brandon Creek.

8.7 km NW · Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire

Everything else within 10 km (21) — 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.