Hoveton & Tunstead
Ward in North Norfolk, Norfolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.746, 1.442 |
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| OS grid ref: | TG 32 22 |
| Dialling code: | 01692 (North Walsham) |
The ward covers the neighbouring villages of Hoveton and Tunstead, sitting on the northern edge of the Norfolk Broads within North Norfolk district in Norfolk. River channels, reedbeds and grazing marsh shape the landscape and make the area popular with boaters and birdwatchers; it sits immediately alongside the more commercialised riverside of Wroxham and lies within easy reach of Norwich, so visitors and commuters are a regular presence.
Hoveton provides most of the local services and visitor facilities - shops, craft outlets and the railway link at Hoveton & Wroxham station - while quieter Tunstead retains a largely agricultural, village feel with historic buildings and community activities. The local economy mixes tourism (boat hire, hospitality and nature tourism) with farming, and there’s an ongoing local interest in conservation and keeping the character of the Broads intact despite seasonal visitor pressure.
Postcode districts covering Hoveton & Tunstead
Most populated places nearby
- Norwich 9.9 miles
- Lowestoft 22 miles
- Great Yarmouth 15.4 miles
- Beccles 21 miles
- North Walsham 5.6 miles
- Attleborough 24 miles
- Bradwell 15.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Ashmanhaugh Parish 0.6 miles
- Neatishead Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Smallburgh Parish 1.5 miles
- Tunstead Parish 1.5 miles
- Butcher's Common Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Hoveton Parish 2 miles
- Barton Turf Parish 2 miles
- Sloley Parish 2.3 miles
- Dilham Parish 2.4 miles
- Hoveton and Wroxham Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Belaugh Parish 2.9 miles
- Worstead Parish 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Hoveton & Tunstead
NR12 8EZ, NR12 8BP, NR12 8DR, NR12 8XR, NR12 8YE, NR12 8EL, NR12 8UE, NR12 9ND, NR28 9PP … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 8.2 miles
- Stansted Airport 78.3 miles
- Hoveton and Wroxham Railway Station 2.5 miles
- Worstead Railway Station 2.7 miles
Hotels in Hoveton & Tunstead Ad
- Hotel Wroxham 4
- The Kings Head Wroxham by Greene King Inns 3
- The Swan Inn by Innkeeper's Collection 4
- Wayford Bridge Inn 3
Schools in Hoveton & Tunstead
- Broadland High Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Neatishead C of E Primary School Primary
- St John's Community Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Tunstead Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Saint Mary's Church, East Ruston (Redundant) Historic site 4.8 miles
- East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens 5 miles
- Hickling Broad National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 6.2 miles
- Cart Gap Beach 6.7 miles
- Plumstead Hall Estate 6.7 miles
- Gunton Estate 8.5 miles
- Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.3 miles
- RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh Nature reserve 9.6 miles
- Blickling Hall Historic site 9.9 miles
- Carrow Road Stadium 10.2 miles
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 10.5 miles
- Hemsby Beach Beach 11.8 miles