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Eaton Chalk Pit

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Eaton Chalk Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk. The county has 140 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is the smallest of them.

The closest station is Norwich, about 3.6 km to the north-east. Nearby SSSIs include Shotesham Common and Flordon Common.

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Photo of The Plantation Garden, a garden near Norwich, Norfolk, eastern England.

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Restored Victorian town garden in a former chalk quarry, with a Gothic fountain and Italianate terrace.

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

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

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Photo of Norwich Castle, a ruined castle in Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

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Castle near Norwich

Norman keep on a mound above the city.

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Photo of the River Wensum, a 44-mile river running from near Fakenham to River Yare at Norwich, eastern England.

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River

Norfolk's chalk river, looping past watermills and grazing marsh through Fakenham and Norwich to meet the Yare.

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Photo of Norwich Cathedral, a cathedral in Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Norwich Cathedral

Cathedral near Norwich

Norman cathedral of cream Caen stone begun in 1096, with England's second-tallest spire and hundreds of carved medieval roof bosses.

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Photo of Wymondham, a village in Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

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Market town below the twin-towered abbey, with a timbered octagonal market cross on stilts.

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