Attleborough is a small market town in the district of Breckland, Norfolk, England with medieval origins and a compact town centre of independent shops, cafés and a historic parish church. It has long been a local service hub for the surrounding agricultural countryside and still hosts community events that reflect its market-town heritage.
Geographically it sits on the edge of the Breckland heathland and is close to Thetford and Norwich, with a railway station on the Breckland line giving straightforward connections towards Norwich and Cambridge. Today the town combines light industry and local services with a growing commuter population, benefitting from nearby open spaces such as Thetford Forest and the wider Brecks landscape.
Postcode districts covering Attleborough
Most populated places nearby
- Norwich 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 21.9 miles35.2 km
- Thetford 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Stowmarket 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Mildenhall 24.5 miles39.5 km
- Beccles 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Diss 10.1 miles16.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft Ward 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe Ward 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Besthorpe Built-up area 1 mile1.6 km
- Workhouse Common Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Morley St. Peter Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Old Buckenham Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Great Ellingham Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Morley St. Botolph Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- The Buckenhams & Banham Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Morley Parish 3 miles4.9 km
- Quidenham Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- New Buckenham Parish 3.6 miles5.8 km
Example postcodes in Attleborough
NR17 1XT, NR17 2AX, NR17 2BU, NR17 2BA, NR17 1QU, NR17 1YN, NR17 1FZ, NR17 1BG, NR17 2AR … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Stansted Airport 54.5 miles87.7 km
- Attleborough Railway Station 0.2 miles0.4 km
- Spooner Row Railway Station 3.3 miles5.3 km
Hotels near Attleborough Ad
- Breckland Lodge 1.8 miles2.9 km
- The White Hart Hotel 4.9 miles7.9 km
- The Griffin Hotel 0.5 miles0.7 km
- Park Farm Hotel & Leisure 4 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Townhouse Hotel 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Barnham Broom Hotel, Golf & Spa 4 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Watton by Verve 9.6 miles15.4 km
Schools in Attleborough
- Attleborough Academy Secondary
- Attleborough Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Snetterton Heath Estate 3.7 miles6 km
- Wayland Wood Forest 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 9.3 miles15 km
- Saham Wood Forest 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Museum 11.8 miles19 km
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 13.9 miles22.3 km
- Lynford Hall Estate 14.1 miles22.6 km
- Carrow Road Stadium 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Shepherds Grove Forest 14.8 miles23.7 km
- Elveden Hall Estate 16.7 miles26.9 km