Butcher's Common
Built-up area in North Norfolk, Norfolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.728, 1.47 |
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| OS grid ref: | TG 34 20 |
| Dialling code: | 01692 (North Walsham) |
Butcher's Common is a small area of traditional common land tucked into the rural mosaic of North Norfolk in Norfolk, England. It sits within the county's patchwork of arable fields, hedgerows and grazing meadows and is typical of the commons that punctuate the Norfolk landscape, providing a modest but valuable pocket of semi-natural habitat for birds, insects and seasonal wildflowers.
Historically such commons carried rights for grazing and fuel gathering and have long been part of local social life; today Butcher's Common is appreciated more for quiet recreation, dog-walking and nature watching while still sitting alongside the agricultural economy and drawing the occasional visitor who wants a taste of rural Norfolk life away from the busier coast and market towns. Local interest in conservation and heritage helps protect its character and biodiversity.
Postcode districts covering Butcher's Common
Most populated places nearby
- Norwich 10 miles16.1 km
- Lowestoft 20.4 miles32.8 km
- Great Yarmouth 13.7 miles22 km
- Beccles 19.5 miles31.4 km
- North Walsham 7.2 miles11.7 km
- Attleborough 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Bradwell 14 miles22.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Neatishead Built-up area 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Barton Turf Parish 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Ashmanhaugh Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Hoveton & Tunstead Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Horning Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Hoveton Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- St. Benet's Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Smallburgh Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Hoveton and Wroxham Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Catfield Built-up area 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Ludham Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Tunstead Parish 3.1 miles5.1 km
Example postcodes in Butcher's Common
NR12 8BL, NR12 8XN, NR12 8BW, NR12 8XJ, NR12 8BU, NR12 8BT, NR12 8XE, NR12 8XW, NR12 8BS … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Stansted Airport 78.2 miles125.9 km
- Hoveton and Wroxham Railway Station 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Worstead Railway Station 4.4 miles7.1 km
Hotels near Butcher's Common Ad
- Hotel Wroxham 4 2.8 miles4.5 km
- The Kings Head Wroxham by Greene King Inns 3 2.8 miles4.5 km
- The Swan Inn by Innkeeper's Collection 4 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Wayford Bridge Inn 3 3 miles4.8 km
- Beechwood Hotel 4 7.5 miles12 km
- Sutton Staithe Hotel 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Norfolk Mead 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Rooms at Number 4 7.4 miles11.9 km
- The Plough Inn 4 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Old Rectory Hotel, Crostwick 3 6 miles9.7 km
Schools in Butcher's Common
- Neatishead C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Hickling Broad National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 5 miles8 km
- Saint Mary's Church, East Ruston (Redundant) Historic site 5.4 miles8.8 km
- East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens 5.6 miles9 km
- Plumstead Hall Estate 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Cart Gap Beach 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 8.1 miles13.1 km
- RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh Nature reserve 8.7 miles14.1 km
- Carrow Road Stadium 10 miles16 km
- Gunton Estate 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Hemsby Beach Beach 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 10.4 miles16.7 km
- Blickling Hall Historic site 11.5 miles18.6 km