Ickburgh is a small, quiet village and civil parish in the district of Breckland, set within the distinctive sandy heaths of Norfolk in England. It feels very much part of The Brecks landscape, with open skies, pockets of woodland and the characterful, flint-built cottages and farmsteads that mark the area.
The local economy remains largely agricultural, with arable farms and grazing land surrounding the village, while conservation interest in rare heathland plants and birds draws occasional walkers and naturalists. Socially it’s a close-knit rural community with the usual village institutions - a church, a village hall and community events - and a slow-paced, strongly local sense of place.
Postcode districts covering Ickburgh
Most populated places nearby
- King's Lynn 19.6 miles31.6 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Wisbech 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Thetford 8 miles12.9 km
- March 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Newmarket 21.7 miles35 km
- Ely 18.9 miles30.5 km
- Mildenhall 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Downham Market 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Diss 21.1 miles34 km
- Attleborough 14.7 miles23.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Mundford Built-up area 0.8 miles1.4 km
- Stanford Parish 1.2 miles2 km
- Didlington Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- Cranwich Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Lynford Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Bedingfeld Ward 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Hilborough Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Foulden Built-up area 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Northwold Built-up area 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Weeting-with-Broomhill Parish 4.1 miles6.7 km
- Weeting Built-up area 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Forest Ward 4.7 miles7.6 km
Example postcodes in Ickburgh
IP26 5JY, IP26 5HY, IP26 5JA, IP26 5JX, IP26 5HB, IP26 5JB, IP26 5HX
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 27.9 miles44.9 km
- Stansted Airport 47.6 miles76.6 km
- Brandon Railway Station 5 miles8 km
- Lakenheath Railway Station 7.6 miles12.2 km
Hotels near Ickburgh Ad
- The Crown Hotel 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Watton by Verve 7 miles11.2 km
- Red Lion 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Best Western the George Hotel, Swaffham 3 8.9 miles14.3 km
Local points of interest
- Lynford Hall Estate 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Wayland Wood Forest 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Saham Wood Forest 9 miles14.5 km
- Elveden Hall Estate 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Snetterton Heath Estate 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Stow Hall Gardens Gardens 13.2 miles21.3 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 14.6 miles23.5 km
- Shepherds Grove Forest 17.2 miles27.6 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 18.9 miles30.4 km