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 miles16.8 km
- Great Yarmouth 18.9 miles30.5 km
- Beccles 24.1 miles38.7 km
- North Walsham 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Attleborough 24 miles38.5 km
- Bradwell 19.3 miles31.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Westwick Parish 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Swanton Abbott Parish 1 mile1.6 km
- Scottow Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Sloley Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Worstead Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Skeyton Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- Badersfield Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Tunstead Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- North Walsham Market Cross Ward 2.4 miles3.8 km
- North Walsham West Ward 2.7 miles4.4 km
- North Walsham Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Felmingham Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
Example postcodes in Worstead
NR28 9RP, NR10 5JS, NR28 9WH, NR28 9RZ, NR10 5DN, NR10 5DT, NR10 5DG, NR28 9RB, NR28 9LT … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Stansted Airport 78.5 miles126.3 km
- Worstead Railway Station 1.1 miles1.8 km
- North Walsham Railway Station 2.5 miles4.1 km
Hotels near Worstead Ad
- Beechwood Hotel 4 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Rooms at Number 4 2.9 miles4.7 km
- The Plough Inn 4 5.1 miles8.3 km
- The Kings Head Wroxham by Greene King Inns 3 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Hotel Wroxham 4 4.9 miles8 km
- The Kings Arms 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Norfolk Mead 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Wayford Bridge Inn 3 4.3 miles7 km
- Black Boys Hotel 5.4 miles8.7 km
- The Cliff Top Inn Hotel 6.5 miles10.5 km
Schools in Worstead
- Swanton Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Worstead C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Gunton Estate 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Saint Mary's Church, East Ruston (Redundant) Historic site 5.6 miles9 km
- East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Blickling Hall Historic site 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Cart Gap Beach 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Plumstead Hall Estate 9.2 miles14.7 km
- Hickling Broad National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 11.3 miles18.2 km
- Carrow Road Stadium 11.3 miles18.2 km
- RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh Nature reserve 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 12 miles19.3 km
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Museum 12.6 miles20.3 km