Damgate is a very small rural settlement in the district of Broadland in Norfolk, England, sitting on the fringe of the low-lying waterways and reedbeds that feed into the Norfolk Broads. The local landscape is typically flat and marshy, with an emphasis on drainage channels, wetland habitats and abundant birdlife, which gives the area a quietly scenic, almost timeless quality.
Historically the locality was shaped by fen drainage, peat cutting and water-borne trade, and that legacy remains visible in the pattern of fields and ditches. Today the economy is largely agricultural with a strong seasonal boost from boating and wildlife tourism, while social life reflects a small, close-knit rural community with traditional cottages and easy reliance on nearby market towns such as Acle and Norwich for shops and services.
Postcode districts covering Damgate
Most populated places nearby
- Norwich 11.3 miles
- Lowestoft 13 miles
- Great Yarmouth 7.6 miles
- Beccles 12.5 miles
- North Walsham 14.6 miles
- Attleborough 23.8 miles
- Bradwell 7.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Acle Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Beighton Parish 1.4 miles
- Upton with Fishley Parish 1.5 miles
- Upton Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Halvergate Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Stokesby with Herringby Parish 2.3 miles
- Burlingham Ward 2.5 miles
- Lingwood and Burlingham Parish 2.5 miles
- Lingwood Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Marshes Ward 2.8 miles
- Freethorpe Built-up area 2.9 miles
- South Walsham Built-up area 3 miles
Example postcodes in Damgate
NR13 3BZ, NR13 3DJ, NR13 3DP, NR13 3DL, NR13 3DH, NR13 3DS, NR13 3DN, NR13 3DT, NR13 3FJ … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 11.5 miles
- Stansted Airport 75.9 miles
- Acle Railway Station 0.2 miles
- Lingwood Railway Station 2.6 miles
Hotels near Damgate Ad
- Cleasewood Guest House 4 7.9 miles
- Knights Court 3 8 miles
- The Old Hall Hotel 7.5 miles
- Furzedown Hotel 3 8 miles
- Andover House Hotel & Restaurant - Adults Only 3 8.1 miles
- Hotel Ocean 4 8.1 miles
- Pier Hotel 3 8.9 miles
- Dragons Den 7.2 miles
- Hotel Wroxham 4 8 miles
- The Kings Head Wroxham by Greene King Inns 3 8.1 miles
Local points of interest
- Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 4.6 miles
- Plumstead Hall Estate 5.7 miles
- RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh Nature reserve 6.4 miles
- Hickling Broad National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 7.2 miles
- Yarmouth Racecourse Recreation 7.8 miles
- Hemsby Beach Beach 8 miles
- Carrow Road Stadium 10.1 miles
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 10.9 miles
- Saint Mary's Church, East Ruston (Redundant) Historic site 12 miles
- East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens 12.1 miles
- Cart Gap Beach 12.5 miles
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Museum 13.2 miles