Great and Little Plumstead sits in the district of Broadland in Norfolk, England, a cluster of villages and hamlets set amid gently rolling arable fields and hedgerows just a few miles east of Norwich. The landscape has that characteristic Norfolk mix of farmland, small ponds and lanes, and the parish lies within easy reach of the Norfolk Broads, so it feels both rural and connected to popular waterway country.
Historically agricultural, the settlements still carry traces of their medieval past in old churches and farmhouses, while modern life is a mix of farming, local services and commuters working in Norwich. Community life is centred on village halls, the occasional pub and local clubs, and conservation-minded residents keep an interest in maintaining the parish’s quiet character and historic buildings.
Postcode districts covering Great and Little Plumstead
Most populated places nearby
- Norwich 4.8 miles
- Lowestoft 18.2 miles
- Great Yarmouth 14.2 miles
- Beccles 15.4 miles
- North Walsham 11.9 miles
- Diss 22.2 miles
- Attleborough 18.4 miles
- Bradwell 13.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Plumstead Ward 0 miles
- Little Plumstead Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Thorpe End Built-up area 1 mile
- Rackheath Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Postwick with Witton Parish 1.7 miles
- Postwick Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Blofield Heath Built-up area 2 miles
- Salhouse Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Thorpe St. Andrew Parish 2.1 miles
- Thorpe St. Andrew South East Ward 2.1 miles
- Thorpe St. Andrew North West Ward 2.2 miles
- Brundall Built-up area 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Great and Little Plumstead
NR13 5BW, NR13 5JA, NR13 5GF, NR13 5HT, NR13 5DQ, NR13 5FX, NR13 5BN, NR13 5BP, NR13 5JR … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 5 miles
- Stansted Airport 72 miles
- Salhouse Railway Station 1.9 miles
- Brundall Gardens Railway Station 2 miles
Hotels near Great and Little Plumstead Ad
- The Assembly House 4.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Norwich City 4 3.9 miles
- Hotel Wroxham 4 4.4 miles
- The Maids Head Hotel 4 4.1 miles
- George Hotel 3 5.1 miles
- Best Western Annesley House Hotel 3 4.9 miles
- St Giles House Hotel 4 4.6 miles
- The Georgian Townhouse 4.9 miles
- Marlborough Hotel 3 3.8 miles
- Old Rectory Hotel, Crostwick 3 3.9 miles
Local points of interest
- Plumstead Hall Estate 1 mile
- RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh Nature reserve 2.8 miles
- Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 3.3 miles
- Carrow Road Stadium 4 miles
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 4.6 miles
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Museum 6.9 miles
- Hickling Broad National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 10.1 miles
- Saint Mary's Church, East Ruston (Redundant) Historic site 11.7 miles
- East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens 11.9 miles
- Blickling Hall Historic site 13.2 miles
- Cart Gap Beach 13.3 miles
- Hemsby Beach Beach 13.6 miles