Kilverstone is a very small, rural civil parish in the district of Breckland, in the county of Norfolk, England, sitting a few miles from Thetford on the edge of the sandy soils and pine plantations that mark the Brecks. The settlement feels dispersed and quiet, more dominated by estate land and farmland than by any commercial centre.
Locally the focus is the country house, Kilverstone Hall, and the parish church, which together give the area its historic character; a handful of older buildings and estate features hint at several centuries of Norfolk country life. Economically and socially the parish leans on agriculture, forestry and country pursuits, with easy access to walking and wildlife in the surrounding forested and heathland landscape and the services of nearby Thetford.
Postcode districts covering Kilverstone
Most populated places nearby
- Bury St. Edmunds 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Thetford 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Stowmarket 18.7 miles30.2 km
- Newmarket 20.2 miles32.5 km
- Ely 22.2 miles35.7 km
- Mildenhall 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Downham Market 21.1 miles34 km
- Diss 14 miles22.6 km
- Attleborough 11.3 miles18.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Thetford Boudica Ward 1.3 miles2 km
- Thetford Castle Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Brettenham Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Thetford Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Thetford Priory Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Thetford Burrell Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Euston Parish 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Bridgham Parish 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Barnham Built-up area 3.8 miles6 km
- East Wretham Built-up area 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Forest Ward 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Wretham Parish 3.9 miles6.3 km
Example postcodes in Kilverstone
IP24 2RN, IP24 2RW, IP24 2RL, IP24 2RQ
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 27 miles43.4 km
- Stansted Airport 44.2 miles71.1 km
- Thetford Railway Station 1.9 miles3 km
- Harling Road Railway Station 5.4 miles8.7 km
Hotels near Kilverstone Ad
- The Crown Hotel 8.1 miles13 km
- Breckland Lodge 9.5 miles15.3 km
Local points of interest
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Elveden Hall Estate 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Lynford Hall Estate 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Snetterton Heath Estate 8.1 miles13 km
- Wayland Wood Forest 8.7 miles14.1 km
- Shepherds Grove Forest 9 miles14.5 km
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen Nature reserve 10 miles16 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Saham Wood Forest 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Ickworth House Estate 15.6 miles25.2 km