Why visit Lingwood
Townapedia lists 8 museums and landmarks, 4 parks and trails, 5 places to eat, 3 places to stay and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Fen RSPB reserve and The Broads.
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About Lingwood
Lingwood is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lingwood and Burlingham, in the Broadland district, in the English county of Norfolk. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 2,719 and the built-up area sub division had a population of 2,493.
From the Wikipedia article Lingwood (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do2
Museums and landmarks8
Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum
Museum · 1.4 mi
Museum in Strumpshaw, Norfolk, United Kingdom
War Memorial
Monument and historic site · 1.5 mi
Stone cross on engraved pedestal by church yard path.
Parks, trails and playgrounds4
Strumpshaw Fen RSPB reserve
Park · 1.6 mi
RSPB nature reserve in the English county of Norfolk
The Broads
Park · 3.2 mi
Network of rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk
Buckenham Marshes RSPB reserve
Park · 1.8 mi
RSPB nature reserve in the United Kingdom
Restaurants and cafes5
The Huntsman
Bar and pub · 0.4 mi
Free house
41 Norwich Road, Norwich
Kings Head
Bar and pub
24 Station Road, Norwich
Mo,We,Sa 12:00-14:00,17:00-20:00; Tu,Th 12:00-14:00,17:00-19:00;...
History
Lingwood's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for bank wood.
In 1931 the parish had a population of 568. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burlingham.
Lingwood Railway Station opened in 1882 on the Great Eastern Railway and remains open as a stop on the Wherry Line for services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth.
During a heatwave on 26 June 2026, a temperature of 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) was recorded at a Met Office station in Lingwood, breaking the all-time United Kingdom temperature record for the month of June. This comprehensively beat the previous record of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), set in the 1976 heatwave.
From the History section of Lingwood on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay3
Churches and places of worship10
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Map of Lingwood
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Getting there and nearby towns
Norwich Airport (NWI) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 9 miles away.
- Acle 3 mi northeast, about 5 min by car
- Rackheath 5 mi northwest, about 9 min by car
- Reedham 5 mi southeast, about 9 min by car
- Loddon 6 mi south, about 10 min by car
- Horning 6 mi north, about 9 min by car
- Thurlton 7 mi southeast, about 11 min by car
- Brooke 7 mi southwest, about 12 min by car
- Norwich 8 mi west, about 13 min by car
- Spixworth 8 mi northwest, about 13 min by car
- Martham 9 mi northeast, about 14 min by car
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- RSPB Strumpshaw Fen Norfolk Brick Hide view, LittleHow, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ricking the reed, Peter Henry Emerson, Public domain
- Moulton-g1, Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, railorama, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
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