Worstead
Ward in North Norfolk, Norfolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.781, 1.378 |
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| OS grid ref: | TG 27 25 |
| Dialling code: | 01692 (North Walsham) |
Worstead is a rural ward in North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, set in gently rolling East Anglian countryside and largely characterised by farming, small businesses and the slower pace of village life. Its name is famous nationally through the historic worsted cloth industry - Flemish weavers settled here in the medieval period and the term "worsted" derives from the village - and that textile heritage still colours local identity and occasional community events.
Today the area combines agricultural economy with modest tourism and a tightâknit social scene centred on the parish church, village hall and local pubs, while quieter lanes and hedgerow landscapes make it representative of rural North Norfolk rather than a centre of urban development. Historic buildings and the surviving rural pattern of fields and lanes give the ward a sense of continuity with its past even as residents commute to larger towns for work and services.
Postcode districts covering Worstead
Most populated places nearby
- Norwich 10.5 miles
- Great Yarmouth 18.9 miles
- Beccles 24.1 miles
- North Walsham 2.8 miles
- Attleborough 24 miles
- Bradwell 19.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Westwick Parish 0.4 miles
- Swanton Abbott Parish 1 mile
- Scottow Parish 1.2 miles
- Sloley Parish 1.3 miles
- Worstead Parish 1.7 miles
- Skeyton Parish 1.9 miles
- Badersfield Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Tunstead Parish 2.2 miles
- North Walsham Market Cross Ward 2.4 miles
- North Walsham West Ward 2.7 miles
- North Walsham Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Felmingham Parish 2.8 miles
Example postcodes in Worstead
NR10 5DW, NR28 9RD, NR10 5GD, NR10 5BT, NR10 5LG, NR10 5DG, NR10 5BH, NR10 5JP, NR10 5BY … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 8.3 miles
- Stansted Airport 78.5 miles
- Worstead Railway Station 1.1 miles
- North Walsham Railway Station 2.5 miles
Hotels near Worstead Ad
- The Rising Sun 3.7 miles
- Recruiting Sergeant 3.8 miles
- Black Boys Hotel 5.4 miles
- Norfolk Mead 4 3.9 miles
- Beechwood Hotel 4 2.9 miles
- The Plough Inn 4 5.1 miles
- Wayford Bridge Inn Hotel 3 4.3 miles
- The Kings Arms 2 2.8 miles
- Buckinghamshire Arms 6.5 miles
- Hotel Wroxham 4 4.9 miles
Schools in Worstead
- Swanton Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Worstead C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Gunton Estate 5.1 miles
- Saint Mary's Church, East Ruston (Redundant) Historic site 5.6 miles
- East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens 5.7 miles
- Blickling Hall Historic site 6.5 miles
- Cart Gap Beach 7.8 miles
- Plumstead Hall Estate 9.2 miles
- Hickling Broad National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.4 miles
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 11.3 miles
- Carrow Road Stadium 11.3 miles
- RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh Nature reserve 11.9 miles
- Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 12 miles
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Museum 12.6 miles