Why visit Feltwell
Townapedia lists 6 museums and landmarks, 10 parks and trails, 12 places to eat and 4 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Village Cross, Brandon Country Park and Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve.
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About Feltwell
Feltwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 11 miles (18 km) north-west of Thetford and 34 miles (55 km) south-west of Norwich on the western border of the county where it meets Cambridgeshire.
From the Wikipedia article Feltwell (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do4
Museums and landmarks6
Crosswater Stanch
Monument and historic site · 3.7 mi
Probable site and remains (on South bank) of Crosswater Stanch
Sheepwash Stanch
Monument and historic site · 3.6 mi
Probable site and remains (on South bank) of Sheepwash Stanch
Parks, trails and playgrounds10
Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve
Park · 2.8 mi
RSPB nature reserve in the United Kingdom
Weeting Heath
Hiking and trails · 3.2 mi
Hockwold Road, Brandon
week 11 Sa-Su 09:30-16:30; week 12-29 09:30-16:30; Jul...
Restaurants and cafes12
The Red Lion
Bar and pub · 2.1 mi
114 Main Street, Thetford
Mo-Fr 11:30-15:00,18:00-23:00; Sa 11:30-15:00,17:00-23:30; Su 12:00-22:30
History
Feltwell's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin. There is evidence of Roman settlement in the parish, including two villas and two bathhouses. In the Domesday Book, it is listed as a settlement of 124 residents in the hundred of Grimshoe. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of William the Conqueror, William de Warenne and the Abbey of St Etheldreda, Ely.
In August 1382 the poet John Gower purchased the manors of Feltwell in Norfolk and Moulton in Suffolk. They were then granted to Thomas Blakelake, parson of St Nicholas's, Feltwell, and others, at a rent of £40 annually for his life.
In 1944, an Avro Lancaster of No. 15 Squadron RAF crashed in the parish after a training flight from RAF Mildenhall, the crash site was excavated by the Anglian Aeronautical Preservation Society in 1982.
From the History section of Feltwell on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Geography
According to the 2021 census, Feltwell has a population of 3,112 people which shows an increase from the 2,825 people listed in the 2011 census. The parish is large, with an area of 20.14 square miles (52.2 km2), and extends 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the village of Feltwell to the county border with Cambridgeshire marked by the River Little Ouse. The hamlet of Brandon Bank along the river is split between the two counties, with the church of St John Little Ouse located on the Cambridgeshire side of the river in Littleport parish.
The village of Feltwell sits along the B1112 between Stoke Ferry and Icklingham and the River Little Ouse.
From the Wikipedia article Feltwell, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship9
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries4
Map of Feltwell
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Getting there and nearby towns
RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 6 miles away.
- Hockwold cum Wilton 2 mi southeast, about 3 min by car
- Weeting 4 mi east, about 7 min by car
- Mundford 6 mi east, about 9 min by car
- Mildenhall 10 mi south, about 16 min by car
- Downham Market 10 mi northwest, about 16 min by car
- Thetford 11 mi southeast, about 17 min by car
- Isleham 11 mi southwest, about 17 min by car
- Ely 12 mi southwest, about 20 min by car
- Fordham 13 mi southwest, about 21 min by car
- Outwell 15 mi northwest, about 24 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Photo credits
- St Mary's church Feltwell Norfolk (190880051), David from Colorado Springs, United States, CC BY 2.0
- Thetford forest dtab, No machine-readable author provided. DemonTraitor assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5
- Lakenheathfen 3778, Bogbumper, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hockwold cum Wilton village cross, Kelly, CC0
- Trail arrows at Brandon Country Park, Bongo50, CC BY-SA 4.0
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