South Walsham - FURTHER INFORMATION
South Walsham - South Walsham visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'South Walsham' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Norfolk.
South Walsham is a small village in Norfolk, about a mile from South Walsham Broad. It is souteast of Ranworth, Ranworth Broad and the River Bure. Also nearby are the villages of Panxworth, Hemblington and Cargate Green. South Walsham has a post office, 2 pubs, a pretty village green and two church buildings which both occupy the same churchyard. One of the churches is now the St Lawrence Centre of Training and Arts.
South Walsham - Tourist Attractions
Local tourist attractions include:- Fairhaven Garden - 53 hectares of woodland and water garden with nature trails.
- South Walsham Broad - broad surrounded by Fleet Dyke with boating and a walk.
- Saint Helen's Church - known as the 'Cathedral of the Broads' with a 30m tower and stunning views of the Broads in Ranworth.
- Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve - area of unreclaimed marshland supporting many plants and animals and some of the rarest aquatic insects in England.
- Barton Broads - second largest of the Norfolk Broads north of South Walsham.
- St Michaels Church - medieval church in Irstead with a striking octagonal font with figures of Christ and a pagan Green Man, about 12 miles from South Walsham.
- Hoveton Hall Gardens - 15 acres of gardens surrounding a Regency mansion.
- St Nicholas Church - small church in Buckenham, 6 miles south of South Walsham, with a 13th century octagonal tower.
- St Mary's Church - Norman church in Moulton, 5 miles south of South Walsham, with a round, Norman tower and 14th century wall paintings.
- St John the Baptist Church - Norman church in Hellington, 15 miles south of South Walsham with a 13th century porch.
- Horsey Windpump - five-story windpump built in 1912 on the edge of the Norfolk Broads.
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS AND GETTING THERE
Road: South Walsham is about 9 miles north east of Norwich and 12 miles west of Great Yarmouth.
Rail: Damgate Rail Station (4 miles south east of South Walsham), Lingwood Rail Station (4 miles south of South Walsham).
Flight: Norwich International Airport.
















