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Whissonsett Norfolk Map

Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: Breckland · Region: Eastern

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Place	Whissonsett
Traditional County	Norfolk
District / Borough	Breckland
Region	Eastern
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	52.774955
Longitude	0.842079
Place Type	Village

About Whissonsett

Whissonsett asserts its presence across the open, arable expanses of the Breckland district, where the sky claims a vast and heavy portion of the horizon. It lies 3.8 miles south of Fakenham (from Fakenham: bearing 183°T, OS grid TF 918 234), and is situated west-north-west of Horningtoft village. The light here has a peculiar, translucent quality, catching the flint-work of old walls and turning the fields into a shifting palette of ochre and bruised green. A visitor might find the Whissonsett Village Sign acting as a quiet sentinel, marking a pause in the steady, rhythmic labour of the surrounding farms. To the south-west, the ghost of the Deserted Village, Godwick, lingers as a Scheduled Monument, where the earth humps and hollows in memory of dwellings long surrendered to the plough. These traces of earlier lives sit in stark relief against the modern, quiet industry of the fields, where the wind moves with an uninterrupted, restless intent. Whissonsett remains anchored to this ancient soil, its character defined by the slow, seasonal turn of the furrow and the distant, cooling shade of Horningtoft Wood Sssi. The land here does not offer itself easily, but rewards those who watch the way the evening shadow stretches across the dry, flinty ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Whissonsett Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 159° SSE
Deserted Village, Godwick (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 223° SW · 16 ha
Earthworks 500Yds (450M) E Of Church (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 100° E · 4 ha
Moated Site 530M North East Of Manor Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 034° NE
Tittleshall Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.9 mi, 200° SSW
Horningtoft Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 088° E · 8 ha
Beacon Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 342° NNW
Saint Remigius (Historic Ruins) — 2.4 mi, 036° NE
Raynham Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.5 mi, 311° NW · 455 ha
Horse Wood, Mileham Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.0 mi, 177° S · 7 ha
Panford Beck (River) — 3.3 mi, 123° ESE
Aldiss Community Park (Park) — 3.6 mi, 006° N
Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 004° N
Fakenham Common (Park) — 3.8 mi, 014° NNE
Sharmans Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.8 mi, 035° NE
Pointers Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.8 mi, 032° NNE
Old Squaw Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.8 mi, 030° NNE
Central Cinema (Cinema) — 3.8 mi, 003° N
River Wensum (River) — 4.0 mi, 349° N
Paul Johnson Hide (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 349° N
Victor's Hide (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 349° N
Helhoughton Common (Forest / Woodland) — 4.2 mi, 307° NW
North Elmham Chapel (Historic Ruins) — 4.5 mi, 107° ESE
Guist Bottom (Valley) — 4.8 mi, 067° ENE
Bintree Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 5.3 mi, 102° ESE
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 141° SE
Swanton Novers (National Nature Reserve) — 7.4 mi, 047° NE · 83 ha
Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 148° SSE
Orion Cinema (Cinema) — 7.7 mi, 148° SSE
Thursford Collection (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 032° NNE

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